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Intravenous fluids for pain management in head and neck cancer patients undergoing chemoradiation

BACKGROUND: Pain due to oral mucositis affects the majority of patients receiving chemoradiation (CRT) for head and neck cancer (HNC), and often results in dehydration. Anecdotally, intravenous (IV) fluids administered during treatment for the resultant dehydration was found to alleviate this pain....

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Autores principales: Rivers, Charlotte I., Iovoli, Austin J., Chatterjee, Udit, Hermann, Gregory M., Singh, Anurag K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8184454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34164546
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/atm-20-3910