Hemorrhagic complications in patients with advanced hematological malignancies followed at home: An Italian experience

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-391

  Cartoni, Claudio ^a   Niscola, Pasquale ^b   Breccia, Massimo ^a   Brunetti, Gregorio ^a   D'Elia, Gianna Maria ^a   Giovannini, Marco ^b   Romani, Claudio ^c   Scaramucci, Laura ^b   Tendas, Andrea ^b   Cupelli, Luca ^b   de Fabritiis, Paolo ^b   Foà, Robin ^a   Mandelli, Franco ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Oncologico A Businco   (Italy)

^d Italian Association Against Leukemias Lymphomas and Myeloma   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Hemorrhage; Home care; Palliative care; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL CRISIS; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; EPISTAXIS; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATURIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; METRORRHAGIA; MORTALITY; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; TERMINAL CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMORRHAGE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650909288     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190802714024     Document Type: Article

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