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Room for improvement? A quality of life assessment in patients with malignant bowel obstruction
Palliative Medicine, 10/05/09

Selby D et al. – This prospective study followed 35 patients admitted to hospital with malignant bowel obstruction (MBO) to evaluate quality of life (QOL). Subjects completed the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) and Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL) at recruitment, and at one week, one month and three months. Further work should address the lack of improvement in activity and apparent deterioration in psychological functioning after one month.

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