Night sweats: A systematic review of the literature

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 878-893

  Mold, James W ^a   Holtzclaw, Barbara J ^a   McCarthy, Laine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphoresis; Night sweats; Symptom; Systematic review; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ETANERCEPT; NABILONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THALIDOMIDE; THIORIDAZINE;

ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIAPHORESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; NIGHT SWEAT; OBSTETRICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHYTHM; SHIVERING; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOREGULATION;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869231971     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.06.120033     Document Type: Review

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