Method
Patients that died in the PCU in UH Leuven
Database =
3011 patients (1999- 2015)
Pacemaker patients
n = 83
2 matched patients for each pm-patient
(n = 163)
- 1 pt. died within 6 m before the pm patient
- 1 pt. died within 6 m after the pm-pt
Same age
Same gender
Same pathology
(non-onco or onco: breast/urol/digest/neuro…)