Undertreatment of nausea and other symptoms in hospitalized cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-464

  Greaves, Judi ^a   Glare, Paul ^b   Kristjanson, Linda J ^c   Stockler, Martin ^d   Tattersall, Martin H N ^d  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Nausea; Symptom audit

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; APREPITANT; CHLORPROMAZINE; CYCLIZINE; DOMPERIDONE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HALOPERIDOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROKINETIC AGENT; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; TROPISETRON;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NAUSEA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANTIEMETICS; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 62449107405     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0511-4     Document Type: Article

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