Oral complications at the end of life

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 40-48

  Dahlin, Constance ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLUOCINONIDE; LIDOCAINE; LOPERAMIDE; NYSTATIN; SCOPOLAMINE; STEROID; SUCRALFATE;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DYSPHAGIA; GASTROTOMY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEART DISEASE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOUTH HYGIENE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; STOMATITIS; XEROSTOMIA; AGED; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; COLON TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ORAL HYGIENE; POSTURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; STOMATITIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 3142745350     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200407000-00028     Document Type: Review

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