Retrospective study of unplanned hospital admission for metastatic cancer patients visiting the emergency department
| Autor: | Kunio Okamoto, Tae Tanaka, Soichi Fumita, Masataka Taguri, Hidetoshi Hayashi, Yoshio Matsuo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Fever Vital signs Hypoxemia 03 medical and health sciences Leukocyte Count Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Japan Neoplasms medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Hypoalbuminemia Neoplasm Metastasis Blood urea nitrogen Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Univariate analysis business.industry Cancer Retrospective cohort study Emergency department Middle Aged medicine.disease Hospitalization C-Reactive Protein Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Emergency medicine Multivariate Analysis Female medicine.symptom business Emergency Service Hospital |
| Zdroj: | Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. 25(5) |
| ISSN: | 1433-7339 |
| Popis: | The purpose of the study was to identify factors that predict unplanned admission for metastatic cancer patients visiting the emergency department (ED). Patients visiting the ED of a general hospital from April 2012 to March 2013 were investigated retrospectively. Data including demographics, vital signs, and laboratory measurements were collected from a chart review for each patient. Factors related to emergency admission were identified by univariate and multivariate analyses. A total of 15,716 individuals visiting the ED during the study period included 1244 (7.9%) patients with cancer. Among the 491 cancer patients with metastasis, univariate analysis revealed that emergency admission was significantly associated with an age of ≥76 years; an altered mental status; fever (≥38 °C); a blood oxygen saturation of |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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