Delirium and dehydration: Some fluid for thought?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 445-454

  Lawlor, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assisted hydration; Communication; Dehydration; Delirium; Opioids

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THIRST;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FAMILY; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0036933429     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-001-0334-z     Document Type: Review

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