1. Prognostic factors for cancer patient admitted to a medical intensive care unit.
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Baylot, Camille, Francopoulo, Adrienne, Gross-Goupil, Marine, Quivy, Amandine, Guisset, Olivier, Hilbert, Gilles, Frison, Eric, Ravaud, Alain, and Daste, Amaury
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ACADEMIC medical centers ,CANCER patients ,DECISION making ,LENGTH of stay in hospitals ,HOSPITAL admission & discharge ,INTENSIVE care units ,LONGITUDINAL method ,SCIENTIFIC observation ,PATIENTS ,SURVIVAL ,TUMORS ,TREATMENT effectiveness - Abstract
The article discusses a study which examined prognostic factors for 30-day mortality from admission to the medical intensive care unit (ICU) in patients diagnosed with solid cancer tumors (SCTs). Topics discussed include the number of organ failures as a prognostic factor for 30-day mortality, the non-curative setting as a prognostic factor, and ethical practices related to shared medical decision making and limitation of life-sustaining therapy.
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- 2020
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