Predictors of inpatient mortality in an acute palliative care unit at a comprehensive cancer center |
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| Authors: | Ahmed Elsayem Masanori Mori Henrique A. Parsons Mark F. Munsell David Hui Marvin O. Delgado-Guay Timotheos Paraskevopoulos Nada A. Fadul Eduardo Bruera |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 008, Houston, TX 77030, USA |
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| Abstract: | Goals of work Predicting inpatient mortality has clinical and financial implications and helps improve the care of patients with advanced cancer and their families. Models with excellent validity and reliability are available for mortality prediction in intensive care units. The purpose of the current study was to determine factors associated with increased likelihood of mortality in an acute palliative care unit (APCU). |
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