Efficacy of penguin cap as scalp cooling system for prevention of alopecia in patients undergoing chemotherapy

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2473-2477

  Kargar, Marzieh ^a   Sarvestani, Raheleh Sabet ^a   Khojasteh, Habib Noorani ^a   Heidari, Mohammad Taghi ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Cancer chemotherapy; Hair loss; Nursing; Scalp cooling system

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLOTHING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; SCALP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; SCALP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054027776     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05668.x     Document Type: Article

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