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Chapter 25 - Constipation Management

from Section 2 - Gastrointestinal System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2023

Monica Kathleen Wattana
Affiliation:
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Summary

Overview of gastrointestinal complications including constipation, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting, feeding tube complications, bowel perforation and obstruction, and neutropenic enterocolitis

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Constipation Management
  • Monica Kathleen Wattana, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Book: Pocket Guide to Oncologic Emergencies
  • Online publication: 10 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009052900.026
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  • Constipation Management
  • Monica Kathleen Wattana, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Book: Pocket Guide to Oncologic Emergencies
  • Online publication: 10 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009052900.026
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  • Constipation Management
  • Monica Kathleen Wattana, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Book: Pocket Guide to Oncologic Emergencies
  • Online publication: 10 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009052900.026
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