To hydrate or not to hydrate? The effect of hydration on survival, symptoms and quality of dying among terminally ill cancer patients

BACKGROUND: Artificial nutrition and hydration do not prolong survival or improve clinical symptoms of terminally ill cancer patients. Nonetheless, little is known about the effect of artificial hydration (AH) alone on patients’ survival, symptoms or quality of dying. This study explored the relatio...

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Autores principales: Wu, Chien-Yi, Chen, Ping-Jen, Ho, Tzu-Lin, Lin, Wen-Yuan, Cheng, Shao-Yi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7805082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33435925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00710-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7805082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33435925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00710-9

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