Nebulized furosemide as a novel treatment for dyspnea in terminal cancer patients

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-76

  Shimoyama, Naohito ^a,b   Shimoyama, Megumi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dyspnea; Furosemide; Nebulized furosemide

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; MORPHINE; ORCIPRENALINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREATHING RATE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEBULIZATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; TERMINAL DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; URINE VOLUME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; DIURETICS; DYSPNEA; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; NEOPLASMS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0036151035     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(01)00367-0     Document Type: Article

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