Medically assisted hydration for palliative care patients

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Good, Phillip ^a   Cavenagh, J ^b   Mather, M ^b   Ravenscroft, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CANCER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIET THERAPY; ENTERIC FEEDING; NUTRITION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34548864919     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006273     Document Type: Review

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