Validation of the Palliative Prognostic Index and Palliative Prognostic Score in a Palliative Care Consultation Team Setting for Patients With Advanced Cancers in an Acute Care Hospital in Japan

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 730-734

  Sonoda, Hiroshi ^a   Yamaguchi, Takashi ^a,b   Matsumoto, Mina ^a   Hisahara, Ko ^a  

^a TEINE KEIJINKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

acute care hospital; general hospital; palliative care consultation team; patients with cancer; predictive scale; prognosis; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84908569358     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: 19382715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909113506034     Document Type: Article

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