Scope of management of emergencies in palliative care

Forum of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-19

  Mohammed, Amrallah A ^a,b  

^a Oncology Center King Abdullah Medical City Holy Capital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Emergencies; Palliative care; Terminal cancer patients

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROMORPHONE; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; OXYGEN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VALPROIC ACID;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGGRESSION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DELIRIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOXICITY; DYING; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EXERCISE; HEART TAMPONADE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LYMPHANGITIS CARCINOMATOSA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEBULIZATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARANOIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84927640663     PISSN: 1792345X     EISSN: 1792362X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/fco-2014-0003     Document Type: Article

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