An audit to determine the time taken to administer intravenous bisphosphonate infusions in patients diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer to bone in a hospital setting

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1575-1582

  Barrett Lee, Peter ^a   Bloomfield, Danny ^b   Dougherty, Lisa ^c   Harries, Martyn ^a   Laing, Robert ^b   Patel, Hetal ^d   Walker, Mel ^e  

^a VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WG Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^e ROCHE PRODUCTS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Bisphosphonates; Breast cancer; Capacity; Planning

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MYELOMA; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PROSTATE CANCER; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIPHOSPHONATES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MEDICAL AUDIT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547141292     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079907X210543     Document Type: Article

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