Are patients with thoracic malignancies at risk for uncontrolled symptoms?

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e98-e102

  Patel, Manali I ^a,b   Williams, Donna C ^a   Wohlforth, Carla ^a   Fisher, George ^a   Wakelee, Heather A ^a   Blayney, Douglas W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; TELECONSULTATION; VOMITING; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; LUNG TUMOR; OUT-OF-HOURS CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEPHONE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEPHONE; TRIAGE; VOMITING;

EID: 84921415243     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2014.001502     Document Type: Article

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