Responding to 4 gastrointestinal complications in cancer patients.
If your patient has cancer, be prepared to help her manage such serious GI complications as bowel obstruction, peritonitis, fistula formation, and intestinal perforation.
Held-Warmkessel
Jeanne
J
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Schiech
Linda
L
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000451:nursing*; D000368:Aged; D016154:Digestive System Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy