| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - In a study of 200 patients with cancer, noisy breathing or rattle, pain, and urinary dysfunction were the symptoms experienced most frequently during the last 48 hours of life.1 Other studies confirm that pain, delirium, dyspnea, and other symptoms are common in the final days.2,3,4,5,6 Less common but equally troubling symptoms that may occur in the final hours include fever and hemorrhage.
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