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The utility and value of the "surprise question" for patients with serious illness.
Article in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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- End-of-life outcomes with or without early palliative care: a propensity score matched, population-based cancer cohort study.BMJ open · 2021Article
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- Eliminating the Surprise Question Leaves Home Care Providers With Few Options for Identifying Mortality Risk.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2020Article
- Screening with the double surprise question to predict deterioration and death: an explorative study.BMC palliative care · 2019Article
- An online international comparison of thresholds for triggering a negative response to the "Surprise Question": a study protocol.BMC palliative care · 2019Article
- The Surprise Question as a Prognostic Tool #360.Journal of palliative medicine · 2018Article
- The authors respond to "The utility and value of the 'surprise question' for patients with serious illness".CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2017Article
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