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Attributes of cancer patients admitted to the emergency department in one year

Sadık Muallaoğlu, Özlem Karagün, Mertsoylu Huseyin, Besen AliAyberk, Ahmet Sezer, Ozyilkan Ozgur

World Journal of Emergency Medicine · 2014 · 84 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

Symptom management in cancer patients is a complex multifaceted concern for the emergency physician. Because of the increasing prevalence of cancer patients, emergency physicians should develop consensus algorithms in collaboration with the relevant disciplines to manage the commonly encountered problems.

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