Symptom Expression in the Last Seven Days of Life Among Cancer Patients Admitted to Acute Palliative Care Units

The symptom burden in the last week of life of patients with advanced cancer has not been well characterized. To examine the frequency, intensity, and predictors for symptoms in the last seven days of life among patients who were able to communicate and died in an acute palliative care unit (APCU)....

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Published in:	Journal of pain and symptom management Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 488 - 494
Main Authors:	Hui, David, dos Santos, Renata, Chisholm, Gary B., Bruera, Eduardo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2015
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Anesthesia Anorexia death deglutition disorders depression Disease Progression dyspnea Female Humans Linear Models Longitudinal Studies Male Middle Aged neoplasms Neoplasms - mortality Neoplasms - physiopathology Neoplasms - therapy pain Pain Medicine Palliative Care Severity of Illness Index symptom assessment Terminal Care Time Factors Treatment Outcome urinary incontinence Young Adult symptom assessment Anorexia pain death dyspnea depression neoplasms palliative care urinary incontinence deglutition disorders
ISSN:	0885-3924, 1873-6513, 1873-6513
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