Subcutaneous hydration by hypodermoclysis. A practical and low cost treatment for elderly patients

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 313-319

  Frisoli, Alberto ^a   de Paula, Ana Patricia ^a   Feldman, Daniel ^a   Nasri, Fábio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLODRONIC ACID; CYTARABINE; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; HYPOTONIC SOLUTION; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HYDRATION; HYPODERMOCLYSIS; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

AGED; BRAZIL; DEHYDRATION; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0034043668     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-200016040-00007     Document Type: Review

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