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| Specific diseases considered in this review included the following: Cancer Advanced heart, lung, renal or liver disease Dementia, epilepsy and neurodegenerative diseases HIV/AIDS Arthritis Diabetes and leg ulcers Frail patients (e.g. living in nursing facilities or residential care homes) Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) who were chronically critically ill Patients 60 years and older with a concomitant chronic medical condition |
