Emergency department visits for symptoms experienced by oncology patients: A systematic review

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1589-1599

  Vandyk, Amanda Digel ^a   Harrison, Margaret B ^a   MacArtney, Gail ^a,b   Ross White, Amanda ^a   Stacey, Dawn ^a,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Admission; Cancer; Emergency department; Mortality; Symptoms; Treatment side effects

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ANEMIA; ANXIETY; BLEEDING; CANCER PATIENT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEVER; HUMANS; INFECTION; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; PAIN;

EID: 84863988288     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1459-y     Document Type: Review

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