Artificial nutrition and hydration in terminal cancer patients: The real and the ideal

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 631-636

  Oh, Do Youn ^a   Kim, Jee Hyun ^a   Lee, Se Hoon ^a   Kim, Dong Wan ^a   Im, Seock Ah ^a   Kim, Tae You ^a   Heo, Dae Seog ^a   Bang, Yung Jue ^a   Kim, Noe Kyeong ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial; Hydration; Intravenous; Nutrition; Supportive care; Terminal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CALORIE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTRAVENOUS FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; KOREA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 34447122110     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0184-9     Document Type: Article

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