The utility of a shortened palliative care screening tool to predict death within 12 months - a prospective observational study in two south African hospitals with a high HIV burden.
Peter Johann RaubenheimerCascia DayFaried AbdullahKatherine ManningClint CupidoJonny PeterPublished in: BMC palliative care (2019)
The identification tool is suitable for use in hospitals in low-middle income country setting that have both a high communicable and non-communicable disease burden amongst young patients, the majority under age 60.
Keyphrases
- palliative care
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv positive
- physical activity
- prognostic factors
- hepatitis c virus
- peritoneal dialysis
- mental health
- hiv testing
- advanced cancer
- men who have sex with men