Common Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Pediatric Palliative Care: Nausea, Vomiting, Constipation, Anorexia, Cachexia

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 673-689

  Santucci, Gina ^a   Mack, Jennifer W ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BISACODYL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOCUSATE SODIUM; DRONABINOL; HALOPERIDOL; INSULIN; LACTULOSE; LEPTIN; LORAZEPAM; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MECLOZINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NALOXONE; OCTREOTIDE; OLANZAPINE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; SCOPOLAMINE; SENNA EXTRACT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANOREXIA; CACHEXIA; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD CARE; CONSTIPATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG CHOICE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; NAUSEA; OPIOID INDUCED EMESIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOMITING;

ANOREXIA; CACHEXIA; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; HUMANS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; VOMITING;

EID: 35148858901     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2007.06.001     Document Type: Review

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