Physical symptom profile for adult cancer inpatients at a Lebanese cancer unit

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Halawi, Racha ^a,b   Saad Aldin, Ehab ^a,c   Baydoun, Atallah ^a   Dbouk, Haifaa ^a   Nahleh, Zeina ^d   Nasser, Zeina ^a   Tfayli, Arafat ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Fatigue; Gastrointestinal symptoms; Lebanon; Palliative care; Physical symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEOPLASM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SARCOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LEBANON; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869093572     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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