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Prevalence of Sudden Death in Palliative Care: Data From the Australian Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration  Magnus Ekström, MD, PhD, Maxwell T. Vergo,

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1 Prevalence of Sudden Death in Palliative Care: Data From the Australian Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration  Magnus Ekström, MD, PhD, Maxwell T. Vergo, MD, Zainab Ahmadi, MD, David C. Currow, B Med, MPH, PhD, FRACP, FAHMS  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  Volume 52, Issue 2, Pages (August 2016) DOI: /j.jpainsymman Copyright © 2016 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Mean AKPS during the last month of life in patients in specialized palliative care (n = 13,981 patients; 51,552 assessments). AKPS = Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  , DOI: ( /j.jpainsymman ) Copyright © 2016 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Lowest AKPS in the last week of life in specialized palliative care (n = 12,359 patients). AKPS = Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  , DOI: ( /j.jpainsymman ) Copyright © 2016 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Terms and Conditions


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