Artificial hydration therapy, laboratory findings, and fluid balance in terminally ill patients with abdominal malignancies

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-139

  Morita, Tatsuya ^a   Hyodo, Ichinosuke ^b   Yoshimi, Taisuke ^c,d   Ikenaga, Masayuki ^e   Tamura, Yoichiro ^f   Yoshizawa, Akitaka ^g   Shimada, Akira ^h   Akechi, Tatsuo ^i,j   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^k   Adachi, Isamu ^l  

^a SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^d Dozono Medical House   (Japan)

^e YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f National Hospital Organization Kasumigaura Medical Center   (Japan)

^g Kaname cho Hospital   (Japan)

^h TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^j NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^l SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Dehydration; Neoplasm; Palliative care; Rehydration; Water depletion

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID INTAKE; FLUID RETENTION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERMINAL DISEASE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 32644445883     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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