Dehydration and the dying patient

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 192-197

  Ellershaw, John E ^a   Sutcliffe, Jane M ^a   Saunders, Cicely M ^a  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER S HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

advanced cancer patient; Dehydration; palliative care; symptom control

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; PLASMA PROTEIN; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DYING; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SERUM OSMOLALITY; THIRST; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEHYDRATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0029017895     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0885-3924(94)00123-3     Document Type: Article

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