Emergency department cancer unit and management of oncologic emergencies: Experience in Asan Medical Center

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2205-2210

  Ahn, Shin ^a   Lee, Yoon Seon ^a   Lim, Kyung Soo ^a   Lee, Jae Lyun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer; Emergency department; Oncologic emergency

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EMERGENCY ROOM; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; SOUTH KOREA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TOXICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865166181     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1478-8     Document Type: Review

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