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Antiemetic therapy in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the currently available antiemetic medications and review their uses in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (NV). DATA SOURCES Published articles and book chapters. DATA SYNTHESIS NV is a common yet potentially serious side effect of chemotherapy. Nurses must understand the physiology of NV, its impact on patients, and the proper use of an...
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OBJECTIVE Olanzapine is proved to be effective for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). But its efficacy in combination with standard antiemetic therapy is unknown. The purpose of this study is to prove the preventive effect of olanzapine for the prevention of CINV caused by highly emetogenic chemotherapy when used with standard antiemetic therapy. METHOD Gynecologic cancer patien...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19960301)77:5<823::aid-cncr3>3.0.co;2-f