Do pilocarpine drops help dry mouth in palliative care patients: a protocol for an aggregated series of n-of-1 trials

BACKGROUND: It is estimated that 39,000 Australians die from malignant disease yearly. Of these, 60% to 88% of advanced cancer patients suffer xerostomia, the subjective feeling of mouth dryness. Xerostomia has significant physical, social and psychological consequences which compromise function and...

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Autores principales: Nikles, Jane, Mitchell, Geoffrey K, Hardy, Janet, Agar, Meera, Senior, Hugh, Carmont, Sue-Ann, Schluter, Philip J, Good, Phillip, Vora, Rohan, Currow, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24176001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-12-39