OBJECTIVE Although malnutrition is common in cancer patients in Korea, little attention is paid to its risks and consequences. This study was carried out to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of malnutrition in hospitalized cancer patients according to tumor location and stage. METHODS Of 14 972 cancer patients admitted to the National Cancer Center, screening examinations were carri...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine key aspects of delirium in a sample of hospitalized older patients with cancer. DESIGN Secondary analysis of data from studies on acute confusion in hospitalized older adults. SETTING Tertiary teaching hospital in the southeastern United States. SAMPLE 76 hospitalized older patients with cancer (mean age = 74.4 years) evenly divided by gender and ethnicity an...

Delirium is a troubling complication in hospitalized older patients with cancer. Although preventable and potentially reversible, delirium may be prolonged. Persistent delirium at the time of hospital discharge is common and associated with multiple adverse outcomes. We conducted a secondary data analysis to examine delirium resolution in 43 hospitalized older patients with cancer who had preva...

UNLABELLED To observe and analyze the characteristic trend of cancer patients hospitalized for the first time in Shanxi Tumor Hospital from 2001 to 2010, clinical data including case number, age, gender, and frequency of different tumor occurrences were collected and statistically analyzed. RESULTS (i) From 2001 to 2010, the number of cancer patients hospitalized for the first time increased ...

PURPOSE To document the prevalence of depression and anxiety disorders, and their associations with mortality among hospitalized breast cancer patients. METHODS We examined the associations between breast cancer diagnosis and the diagnoses of anxiety or depression among 4,164 hospitalized breast cancer cases matched with 4,164 non-breast cancer controls using 2006-2009 inpatient data obtained...

AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of this work was to evaluate the knowledge of symptoms and prophylaxis among hospitalized patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS The research was carried in the Provincial Hospital in Bydgoszcz (i.e. general surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, urology, breast surgery and thoracic surgery). 250 hospitalized patients took part in the tests, as well as 50 healthy people. The sci...