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Treatment of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy.
The nausea and vomiting that often accompany early pregnancy may be ameliorated if the patient eats small portions of food at frequent intervals, increases the amount of carbohydrates and decreases the amount of fat, and avoids bothersome food odors. When these strategies fail, antiemetic drugs such as pyridoxine and phosphorated carbohydrate solution may help, as well as doxylamine, promethazi...
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Approximately one half of cancer patients will experience nausea or vomiting during the course of their disease either because of the cancer itself or because of their treatment. Emesis attributable to cancer warrants a careful investigation to determine whether a treatable underlying cause is responsible. Interventions using dexamethasone and octreotide may reduce vomiting attributable to bowe...
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Nausea and vomiting are commonly experienced by people with advanced cancer. Nausea and vomiting can have an adverse effect on a patient's physical, psychological and social well-being. Knowledge of the physiology of nausea and vomiting will promote a rational choice of treatment. Nurses also need to be aware of non-pharmacological measures that can reduce these distressing symptoms.
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Nausea and vomiting are distinct symptoms, commonly occurring together but which should be assessed separately. Both are prevalent in patients with advanced cancer. Data are taken from The Cochrane Library (2010) and Ovid MEDLINE (1966-2010). Most current guidelines advocate an aetiology-based approach to the management of nausea and vomiting. Choice of anti-emetic is based on a clinical assess...
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The intrinsic emetogenicity of an individual chemotherapy agent appears to be the most important predictive factor for the development of CINV, though CINV is also influenced by patient characteristics. Such characteristics include gender, age, and history of alcohol consumption (3). In addition, experiencing nausea and vomiting with prior chemotherapy is also a risk factor. Consistently, women...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0007-9235
DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.28.4.194