Last three days of life in the hospital: a comparison of symptoms, signs and treatments in the young old and the oldest old patients using the Resident Assessment Instrument for Palliative Care.

Authors :: Steindal, Simen A.
Ranhoff, Anette H.
Bredal, Inger S.
Sørbye, Liv W.
Lerdal, Anners
Source :: International Journal of Older People Nursing; Sep2013, Vol. 8 Issue 3, p199-206, 8p
Publication Year :: 2013

Subjects :: AGE distribution
CHI-squared test
COMPARATIVE studies
CONFIDENCE intervals
DELIRIUM
EDEMA
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ACCIDENTAL falls
T-test (Statistics)
TERMINALLY ill
COMORBIDITY
DATA analysis
CROSS-sectional method
RETROSPECTIVE studies
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics

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