Emergencies in palliative care

Cancer Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 514-520

  Schrijvers, Dirk ^a   Van Fraeyenhove, Frank ^a  

^a Ziekenhuisnetwerk Antwerpen Middelheim ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

acute function loss; decompensation; emotional; existential; pain; Palliative care emergencies; physical

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; HALOPERIDOL; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OCTREOTIDE; OLANZAPINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; RISPERIDONE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AGGRESSION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BLEEDING; CANCER PAIN; CAREGIVER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONVULSION; DELIRIUM; DYSKINESIA; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TREMOR; VOMITING;

EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 77958131886     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PPO.0b013e3181f28a8d     Document Type: Review

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