Physician- and nurse-reported effects of intravenous hydration therapy on symptoms of terminally ill patients with cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 683-693

  Morita, Tatsuya ^a,e   Shima, Yasuo ^b   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^c   Kimura, Rieko ^c   Adachi, Isamu ^d  

^a Seirei Mikatabara Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e Seirei Mikatabara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEHYDRATION; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MALAISE; NURSE; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH CANCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8544234306     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2004.7.683     Document Type: Article

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