Clinical signs of impending death in cancer patients

Oncologist

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 681-687

  Hui, David ^a   dos Santos, Renata ^b   Chisholm, Gary ^a   Bansal, Swati ^a   Silva, Thiago Buosi ^b   Kilgore, Kelly ^a   Crovador, Camila Souza ^b   Yu, Xiaoying ^c   Swartz, Michael D ^c   Perez Cruz, Pedro Emilio ^a,d   Leite, Aphael de Almeida ^b   Nascimento, Maria Salete de Angelis ^b   Reddy, Suresh ^a   Seriaco, Fabiola ^b   Yennu, Sriram ^a   Paiva, Carlos Eduardo ^b   Dev, Rony ^a   Hall, Stacy ^a   Fajardo, Julieta ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BARRETOS CANCER HOSPITAL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Death; Diagnosis; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Physical examination; Sensitivity; Sign; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; AGED; APNEA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CYANOSIS; DEATH; DYING; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE PERFORMANCE SCALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TERMINAL CARE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

DEATH; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 84901919075     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0457     Document Type: Article

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