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Characteristics of patients who die in an acute palliative care unit

2024-10-24

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Aim: To evaluate the characteristics of patients with advanced cancer who die in an acute palliative care unit (APCU). The second outcome was to evaluate the risk factors for death in APCU. <h4>Methods:</h4> Consecutive patients with advanced cancer admitted to the APCU in a period of 13 months were prospectively assessed. At APCU admission epidemiologic data, characteristics of admissi...

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Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

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Literature Corpus work: 1dd9917f-3c4e-5892-9297-4c4ff61e8e93
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5273676/v1

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