Accuracy of prognosis prediction by PPI in hospice inpatients with cancer: A multi-centre prospective study

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 324-329

  Subramaniam, Sivakumar ^a   Thorns, Andrew ^b   Ridout, Martin ^b   Thirukkumaran, Thiru ^b   Osborne, Thomas Richard ^c  

^a EllenorLions Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901218079     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000239     Document Type: Article

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