SPICT as a predictive tool for risk of 1-year health degradation and death in older patients admitted to the emergency department: a bicentric cohort study in Belgium - BMC Palliative Care

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A study in BMCPalliatCare discusses how the diagnostic tool SPICT successfully identifies older patients at high risk of health degradation and death within one year. It can help emergency clinicians to initiate the right palliative care approach.

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