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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Estimating survival in patients with cancer receiving palliative care: Is analysis of body composition using bioimpedance helpful? |
Author: | Crawford, G. Robinson, J. Hunt, R. Piller, N. Esterman, A. |
Citation: | Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2009; 12(11):1009-1014 |
Publisher: | Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
ISSN: | 1096-6218 1557-7740 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Gregory Brian Crawford, Julie Ann Robinson, Roger Wayne Hunt, Neil Brenton Piller, and Adrian Esterman |
Abstract: | Background: This research investigated whether bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) has the potential to improve prognostication in an outpatient clinic for patients with cancer receiving palliative care. Methods: Survival time, and BIS measures of basal metabolic rate and 11 body composition parameters (extracellular fluid [ECF], intracellular fluid [ICF], ratio of ECF to ICF, fluid in trunk and each arm and leg, protein mass, mineral mass, and percent body fat) were recorded for 84 oncology patients. Results: None of the BIS measures showed a linear association with survival time. However, threshold values associated with short survival were identified for basal metabolic rate and 6 of the body composition measures related to fluid (ECF, ratio of ECF to ICF, fluid in right and left arms, and right and left legs). In addition, almost all patients who died within 6 weeks of assessment reached the threshold values for ECF and/or ECF:ICF ratio. Conclusion: Results confirm that elevated metabolic rate and accumulation of body fluid are indicators of a poor prognosis in patients with cancer receiving palliative care. Because BIS is simple for clinicians to use, is noninvasive, and allows early detection of these parameters, it has the potential to improve prognostication. |
Keywords: | Humans Neoplasms Basal Metabolism Palliative Care Terminal Care Spectrum Analysis Survival Analysis Body Composition Electric Impedance Aged Middle Aged Australia Female Male Interviews as Topic |
Description: | © Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. |
DOI: | 10.1089/jpm.2009.0093 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2009.0093 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Medicine publications |
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