Acupressure for chemotherapy-associated nausea and vomiting in children

Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 141-145

  Jones, Emily ^a   Isom, Scott ^a   Kemper, Kathi J ^a   McLean, Thomas W ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Child; Nausea; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GRANISETRON; LORAZEPAM; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; PROMETHAZINE;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EWING SARCOMA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OSTEOSARCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ACUPRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62749162688     PISSN: 1715894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7200.2008.0023     Document Type: Article

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