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An unusual cause of vomiting in a palliative care setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2011

Linda Railsback
Linda Railsback*
Affiliation:
Hospice of Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Linda Railsback, Hospice of Central Iowa, 900 56th Street, Des Moines, IA 50312. E-mail: Rlsbck48@earthlink.net
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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.

Keywords

Self-induced vomitingPalliative care
Type
Case Report
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. 327 - 330
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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