Antibiotic use during the last days of life in cancer patients

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-79

  Oh, D Y ^a   Kim, J H ^b   Kim, D W ^b   Im, S A ^b   Kim, T Y ^b   Heo, D S ^b   Bang, Y J ^b   Kim, N K ^b  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Antibiotics; Fever; Infection; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEVER; HUMAN; KOREA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEVER; HUMANS; KOREA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33645076049     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2005.00603.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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