Treatment of dexamethasone-induced hiccup in chemotherapy patients by methylprednisolone rotation

Oncologist

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1229-1234

  Lee, Gyeong Won ^a   Oh, Sung Yong ^b   Kang, Myoung Hee ^a   Kang, Jung Hun ^a   Park, Se Hoon ^c   Hwang, In Gyu ^d   Yi, Seong Yoon ^e   Choi, Young Jin ^f   Ji, Jun Ho ^g   Lee, Ha Yeon ^h   Bruera, Eduardo ⁱ  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Dong A University   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^e Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Air Busan   (South Korea)

^g Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Dexamethasone; Hiccup; Methylprednisolone

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HICCUP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

CORTICOSTEROIDS; DEXAMETHASONE; HICCUP; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; COHORT STUDIES; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HICCUP; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOMITING;

EID: 84887435112     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0224     Document Type: Article

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