Evaluation and treatment of cancer-related fluid deficits: Volume depletion and dehydration

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 408-419

  Sarhill, N ^a   Walsh, D ^b   Nelson, K ^b   Davis, M ^b  

^a St Vincent Charity Hospital   (United States)

^b TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Death; Euthanasia; Symtom control; Terminal sedation

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN I; BICARBONATE; CARBOHYDRATE; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; EVANS BLUE; GLUCOSE; HETASTARCH; HYALURONIDASE; MANNITOL; NITROGEN; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM; THIORIDAZINE; UREA; VASOPRESSIN; WATER;

BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHICS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SHOCK; URINE LEVEL; URINE OSMOLALITY;

DEHYDRATION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLASMA VOLUME; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM; TERMINAL CARE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 0034849348     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200100251     Document Type: Review

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