Effect of continuous deep sedation on survival in patients with advanced cancer (J-Proval): A propensity score-weighted analysis of a prospective cohort study

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 115-122

  Maeda, Isseki ^a   Morita, Tatsuya ^b,c   Yamaguchi, Takuhiro ^d   Inoue, Satoshi ^c   Ikenaga, Masayuki ^e   Matsumoto, Yoshihisa ^f   Sekine, Ryuichi ^g   Yamaguchi, Takashi ^h   Hirohashi, Takeshi ⁱ   Tajima, Tsukasa ^j   Tatara, Ryohei ^k   Watanabe, Hiroaki ^l   Otani, Hiroyuki ^m   Takigawa, Chizuko ⁿ   Matsuda, Yoshinobu ^o   Nagaoka, Hiroka ^p   Mori, Masanori ^q   Tei, Yo ^m   Kikuchi, Ayako ^r   Baba, Mika ^s   Kinoshita, Hiroya ^p   more..

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Palliative Care Team ^*  (Japan)

^c SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^g KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^h KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^k OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^l KOMAKI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^m NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

ⁿ KKR Sapporo Medical Center   (Japan)

^o NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KINKI CHUO CHEST MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^q SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^r MITSUBISHI KYOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^s Saito Yukoukai Hospital   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS DEEP SEDATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP SEDATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; REHYDRATION; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEEP SEDATION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84955282262     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00401-5     Document Type: Article

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