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• QJM · Sep 2017

  Observational Study

  Does how the patient feels matter? A prospective observational study of the outcome of acutely ill medical patients who feel their condition has improved on their first re-assessment after admission to hospital.

  Although asking how a patient feels is the first enquiry most clinicians make the value of the answer has never been examined in acutely ill patients. ⋯ In this patient cohort a subjective feeling of improvement at the first re-assessment after admission to hospital is a powerful independent predictor of reduced in-hospital mortality.

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