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J Pain Symptom Manage · Nov 2000
Identifying risk factors for imminent death in cancer patients with acute dyspnea.
- C P Escalante, C G Martin, L S Elting, K J Price, E F Manzullo, M A Weiser, T S Harle, S B Cantor, and E B Rubenstein.
- Department of Internal Medicine Specialties, Section of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030-4095, USA.
- J Pain Symptom Manage. 2000 Nov 1; 20 (5): 318-25.
AbstractA substantial proportion of cancer patients presenting to an emergency center (EC) or clinic with acute dyspnea survives fewer than 2 weeks. If these patients could be identified at the time of admission, physicians and patients would have additional information on which to base decisions to continue therapy to extend life or to refocus treatment efforts on palliation and/or hospice care alone. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for imminent death (survival
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