Ensuring accurate oral mucositis assessment in the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Prospective Oral Mucositis Audit

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Quinn, Barry ^a   Stone, Rebecca ^b   Uhlenhopp, Mary ^c   McCann, Shaun ^d   Blijlevens, Nicole ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Audit; Duration; Grading; Incidence; Oral mucositis; Severity; Supportive care; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EUROPE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MUCOSITIS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34249011199     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-3889(07)70003-0     Document Type: Article

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