Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 180-185 , February 2010

High Outpatient Pain Intensity Scores Predict Impending Hospital Admissions in Patients with Cancer

  • Nina D. Wagner-Johnston, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Nina D. Wagner-Johnston, MD, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid, Box 8056, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
    • ,
  • Kathryn A. Carson, ScM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • ,
  • Stuart A. Grossman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

,Accepted 13 July 2009.

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 This study was accepted as an abstract for publication at the 44th Annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Meeting in May 2008 and at the 4th Annual Chicago Supportive Oncology Conference in October 2008.

 Kathryn A. Carson's work on this manuscript was supported by Grant Number UL1 RR 025005 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and NIH Roadmap for Medical Research.

 The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0885-3924(09)00845-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.06.012

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 180-185 , February 2010

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