Association between heart rate and reversibility of the symptom, refractoriness to palliative treatment, and survival in dyspneic cancer patients
Dyspnea is one of the most distressing symptoms for terminally ill cancer patients and a predictor of poor prognosis. Identification of simple clinical signs, such as heart rate, indicating clinical course of each patient is of value.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Ichiro Mori, Isseki Maeda, Tatsuya Morita, Satoshi Inoue, Masayuki Ikenaga, Ryuichi Sekine, Takashi Yamaguchi, Takeshi Hirohashi, Tsukasa Tajima, Hiroaki Watanabe Source Type: research
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