Journal Watch:Prognostication

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Prognostication

2008
• Survival Prediction in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients by Clinical Estimates, Laboratory Tests, and Self-Rated Anxiety and Depression

2007
• Validation of the Palliative Performance Scale in the Acute Tertiary Care Hospital Setting

2006
• Low Serum Albumin Levels and Liver Metastasis Are Powerful Prognostic Markers for Survival in Patients with Carcinomas of Unknown Primary Site
• Palliative Performance Status, Heart Rate and Respiratory Rate as Predictive Factors of Survival Time in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients

2003
• Patterns of functional decline at the end of life

2001
• Prognostic factors in pancreatic carcinoma: serum LDH levels predict survival in metastatic disease
• Independent prospective validation of the PaP Score in terminally ill patients referred to a hospital-based palliative medicine consultation service
• Dying trajectory in the last year of life: Does cancer trajectory fit other diseases?
• Characteristics of cardiac arrest in cancer patients as a predictor of survival after cardio-pulmonary resuscitation

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