title: An unusual cause of vomiting in a palliative care setting.
abstract: Control of symptoms, including nausea and vomiting, is central to palliative care. Self-induced vomiting in a middle-aged male patient with a life-limiting abdominal malignancy provided a challenge in diagnosis and management. This case report discusses diagnostic and therapeutic considerations.
authors.affiliation: Hospice of Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Rlsbck48@earthlink.net
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Railsback
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000517:prevention & control; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology