Predicting 7-day survival using heart rate variability in hospice patients with non-lung cancers.

BACKGROUND: A simple and accurate survival prediction tool can facilitate decision making processes for hospice patients with advanced cancers. The objectives of this study were to explore the association of cardiac autonomic functions and survival in patients with advanced cancer and to evaluate th...

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Main Authors: Jui-Kun Chiang, Terry B J Kuo, Chin-Hua Fu, Malcolm Koo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3720672?pdf=render