Emergencies in patients with advanced cancer followed at home

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-300

  Mercadante, Sebastiano ^a,b   Porzio, Giampiero ^c   Valle, Alessandro ^d   Aielli, Federica ^c   Costanzo, Veruska ^e   Adile, Claudio ^a   Spedale, Vincenza ^b   Casuccio, Alessandra ^b  

^a LA MADDALENA CANCER CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Home Care Program   (Italy)

^d Home Care Program   (Italy)

^e Home Care Program   (Italy)

Author keywords

emergency medical care; Home care; palliative care; palliative care emergency

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; DELIRIUM; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ITALY; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84864575943     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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