Unplanned presentations of cancer outpatients: A retrospective cohort study

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 397-404

  Aprile, G ^a   Pisa, F E ^a   Follador, A ^a   Foltran, L ^a   De Pauli, F ^b   Mazzer, M ^a   Lutrino, S ^a   Sacco, C S ^a   Mansutti, M ^a   Fasola, G ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di San Daniele del Friuli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer chemotherapy; Outpatient; Toxicity; Unplanned presentations

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASTHENIA; BREAST CANCER; CACHEXIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TOXICITY; STOMATITIS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874114110     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1524-6     Document Type: Article

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