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Palliative cancer care - nausea & vomiting - Evidence
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The following references were cited in October 2007. References cited after this date reflect new evidence incorporated since original publication of this topic.

  1. Cancer Care Alliance (2006a) Management of nausea and vomiting. Network Supportive and Palliative Care Guidelines. Cancer Care Alliance of Teeside, South Durham and North Yorkshire.
  2. Cancer Care Alliance (2006b) Nausea/and or vomiting at the end of life. Palliative Care Guidelines for the End of Life. Cancer Care Alliance.
  3. Cancer Care Ontario (2005) Nausea and vomiting guideline. Telephone nursing practice and symptom management guidelines. Cancer Care Ontario. www.cancercare.on.ca
  4. CSM (1998) Withdrawal of systemic corticosteroids. Current Problems in Pharmacovigilance 24(May), 5-7. [Free Full-text]
  5. Doyle, D., Hanks, G.W.C. and MacDonald, N. (Eds.) (2004) Oxford textbook of palliative medicine. 3rd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  6. Ernst, E., Pittler, M.H. and Wider, B. (Eds.) (2006) Nausea and vomiting. In: The desktop guide to complementary and alternative medicine: an evidence-based approach. 2nd edn. London: Mosby Elsevier. 214-224.
  7. Fife Area Drug & Therapeutics Committee (2004) Nausea/vomiting in palliative care. Fife Area Drug & Therapeutics Committee. www.fifeadtc.scot.nhs.uk [Free Full-text]
  8. Kinley, J. (2005) Controlling nausea and vomiting in palliative care patients. Nurse Prescribing 3(4), 141-150.
  9. Lothian Palliative Care Guidelines Group (2004a) Nausea/vomiting in palliative care. NHS Scotland. www.scan.scot.nhs.uk [Free Full-text]
  10. Lothian Palliative Care Guidelines Group (2004b) Bowel obstruction in palliative care. NHS Lothian. www.scan.scot.nhs.uk [Free Full-text]
  11. Mannix, K. (2006) Palliation of nausea and vomiting in malignancy. Clinical Medicine 6(2), 144-147.
  12. Pan-Glasgow Palliative Care Algorithm Group (2005) Palliation of nausea and vomiting. Pan-Glasgow Palliative Care Algorithms. www.nhsgg.org.uk [Free Full-text]
  13. Perdue, C. (2005) Understanding nausea and vomiting in advanced cancer. Nursing Times 101(4), 32-35. [Abstract]
  14. Piper, J.M., Ray, W.A., Daugherty, J.R. and Griffin, M.R. (1991) Corticosteroid use and peptic ulcer disease: role of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Annals of Internal Medicine 114(9), 735-740. [Abstract]
  15. Regnard, C. and Hockley, J. (Eds.) (2004) A guide to symptom relief in palliative care. 5th edn. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press.
  16. Thompson, I. (2004) The management of nausea and vomiting in palliative care. Nursing Standard 19(8), 46-53. [Abstract]
  17. Twycross, R. and Back, I. (1998) Nausea and vomiting in advanced cancer. European Journal of Palliative Care 5(2), 39-44.
  18. Twycross, R. and Wilcock, A. (2001) Symptom management in advanced cancer. Abingdon: Radcliffe Medical Press.
  19. Twycross, R., Wilcock, A., Charlesworth, S. and Dickman, A (Eds.) (2002) Palliative care formulary. 2nd edn. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press.
  20. Wright, L.D. (2005) The use of motion sickness bands to control nausea and vomiting in a group of hospice patients. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care 22(1), 49-53. [Abstract]

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