Inhaled medicinal cannabis and the immunocompromised patient

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 819-822

  Ruchlemer, Rosa ^a   Amit Kohn, Michal ^a   Raveh, David ^a   Hanuš, Lumír ^b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Cannabis; Immunocompromised host

Indexed keywords

APREPITANT; CANNABINOID; MEDICAL CANNABIS; ONDANSETRON; PALONOSETRON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIUM COLONY; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANNABIS SMOKING; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED NAUSEA AND VOMITING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PLANT TISSUE CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAPORIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALGESIA; ASPERGILLOSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; IMMUNOLOGY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NAUSEA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANNABIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; NAUSEA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHYTOTHERAPY; STERILIZATION; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922190819     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2429-3     Document Type: Article

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