A pilot study of a relaxation technique for management of nausea and vomiting in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-167

  Campos De Carvalho, Emília ^a   Titareli Merizio Martins, Fernanda ^a   Benedita Dos Santos, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nausea; Relaxation and chemotherapy; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NAUSEA; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 34147185325     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000265007.87311.d0     Document Type: Article

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