Open AccessNumbers Have Life: A Commentary on “Predictors of Survival in Patients with Advanced Gastrointestinal Malignancies Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit”
Author(s) -
LeRademacher Jennifer G.,
Jatoi Aminah
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2018-0834
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , intensive care medicine , gastrointestinal cancer , medline , cancer , colorectal cancer , political science , law
The commentary remarks on a recently published article on a study that examined predictors of poor outcomes in cancer patients using the SOFA score, answering to the question of whether the results of the study can completely inform decisions about terminal care management.