Haloperidol for treatment of nausea and vomiting in palliative care patients

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Perkins, Paul ^a   Dorman, S ^b  

^a St John's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42749100965     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006271     Document Type: Review

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