The management of xerostomia in patients on haemodialysis: Comparison of artificial saliva and chewing gum

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 202-207

  Bots, Casper P ^a,g   Brand, Hank S ^a   Veerman, Enno C L ^a   Valentijn Benz, Marianne ^a   Van Amerongen, Barbara M ^a   Nieuw Amerongen, Arie V ^a   Valentijn, Robert M ^b   Vos, Pieter F ^c   Bijlsman, Joost A ^d   Bezemer, Pieter D ^e   ter Wee, Piet M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Red Cross Hospital Den Haag   (Netherlands)

^c Dianet Dialysis Centers   (Netherlands)

^d Dianet Dialysis Centres   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g DDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artificial saliva; Chewing gum; Dialysis; Palliative care; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

SALIVA SUBSTITUTE; XANTHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASTE PREFERENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEWING GUM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SALIVA, ARTIFICIAL; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 20844448038     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216305pm1009oa     Document Type: Article

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