title: An overview of nausea/vomiting in palliative medicine.
abstract: Nausea, vomiting and retching are among the most distressing symptoms that palliative care may experience. This article presents a brief overview of various medical conditions/treatments that may lead to nausea/vomiting/retching as well as potential mechanisms/neurotransmitters/receptors that may be involved and thus may represent therapeutic targets for antiemetic treatments.
authors.affiliation: Albany Medical College, Department of Anesthesiology, 47 New Scotland Avenue, MC-131, Albany, New York 12208, USA. smithh@mail.amc.edu.
authors.forename: Howards S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, USA.
authors.forename: Alyssa R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Smith
keywords: Nausea; chemotherapy-induced nausea/vomiting; radation-induced nausea/vomiting; receptors; vomiting