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Predicting 7-Day Survival Using Heart Rate Variability in Hospice Patients with Non-Lung Cancers

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  • Jui-Kun Chiang
  • Terry B J Kuo
  • Chin-Hua Fu
  • Malcolm Koo

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Background: A simple and accurate survival prediction tool can facilitate decision making processes for hospice patients with advanced cancers. The objectives of this study were to explore the association of cardiac autonomic functions and survival in patients with advanced cancer and to evaluate the prognostic value of heart rate variability (HRV) in 7-day survival prediction. Methods: A prospective study was conducted on 138 patients with advanced cancer recruited from the hospice ward of a regional hospital in southern Taiwan. Information on functional status and symptom burden of the patients was recorded. Frequency-domain HRV was obtained for the evaluation of cardiac autonomic functions at admission. The end point of the study was defined as the survival status at day 7 after admission to the hospice ward. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to evaluate the independent associations between HRV indices and survival of 7 days or less. Results: The median survival time of the patients was 20 days (95% CI, 17–28 days). Results from the multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that the natural logarithm-transformed high-frequency power (lnHFP) of a value less than 2 (OR = 3.8, p = 0.008) and ECOG performance status of 3 or 4 (OR = 3.4, p = 0.023) were significantly associated with a higher risk of survival of 7 days or less. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis revealed that the area under the curve was 0.71 (95% CI, 0.61–0.81). Conclusions: In hospice patients with non-lung cancers, an lnHPF value below 2 at hospice admission was significantly associated with survival of 7 days or less. HRV might be used as a non-invasive and objective tool to facilitate medical decision making by improving the accuracy in survival prediction.

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  • Jui-Kun Chiang & Terry B J Kuo & Chin-Hua Fu & Malcolm Koo, 2013. "Predicting 7-Day Survival Using Heart Rate Variability in Hospice Patients with Non-Lung Cancers," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(7), pages 1-5, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0069482
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069482
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    1. Tzu-Heng Cheng & Yi-Da Sie & Kuang-Hung Hsu & Zhong Ning Leonard Goh & Cheng-Yu Chien & Hsien-Yi Chen & Chip-Jin Ng & Chih-Huang Li & Joanna Chen-Yeen Seak & Chen-Ken Seak & Yi-Tung Liu & Chen-June Se, 2020. "Shock Index: A Simple and Effective Clinical Adjunct in Predicting 60-Day Mortality in Advanced Cancer Patients at the Emergency Department," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(13), pages 1-10, July.

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