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10909630

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-17
pubmed:abstractText
Malignant bowel obstruction occurs in about 10% of those with advanced abdominal cancer and in about 25% of those with advanced pelvic cancer. Such patients usually develop nausea, vomiting, constipation, abdominal dilatation and colicky pain. Traditional therapy consists of intravenous fluids and decompression by duodenal tube, gastrostomy or operation but postoperative mortality is high. Treatment requires hospitalization and therefore such patients have not been considered candidates for home care. Palliative medical techniques can cope with this syndrome and allow home care. Hypodermoclysis, non-prokinetic antiemetics like haloperidol and scopolamine, octeotride, corticosteroids, and narcotics for severe abdominal pain can alleviate symptoms. Medications can be combined and infused subcutaneously in a syringe driver and patients can remain with their families in their natural environment. Such techniques can give these patients who have short life expectancies reasonable quality of life.
pubmed:language
heb
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0017-7768
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
134
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
757-9, 832
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
[Management of malignant bowel obstruction in terminal care--is home care possible?].
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Family Medicine, Kupat Holim Klalit.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports