End of Life Issues in Older Patients

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 274-281

  Matulonis, Ursula A ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; METHADONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE AGONIST; PETHIDINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG HALF LIFE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICARE; MYOCLONUS; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NUTRITION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SODIUM RETENTION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TACHYCARDIA; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 1842681940     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2003.12.036     Document Type: Article

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