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Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

The American Journal of Nursing, 1979
Nausea and vomiting occur when the emetic center, located in the medulla, has been stimulated. The emetic center is also known as the true vomiting center (TVC). The TVC is both a motor and a reflex center that regulates and coordinates the sequence of events associated with vomiting.
D M, Scogna, R V, Smalley
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Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2002
Nausea and vomiting (N&V) is among the most distressing side effects of chemotherapy, despite the development of more efficacious antiemetic agents. As many as 60% of patients who receive cancer chemotherapy experience some degree of N&V. However, the actual incidence is difficult to determine with accuracy because of the variety of drugs, doses, and ...
Catherine M, Bender, Roxanne W, McDaniel, Kathleen, Murphy-Ende, Mary, Pickett, Cynthia N, Rittenberg, Miriam P, Rogers, Susan M, Schneider, Rowena N, Schwartz   +7 more
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Treatment of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer, 2012
Recent improvements in medical oncology include both development of anticancer and supportive therapy. Serotonin receptor antagonists were introduced in clinical practice 20 years ago. Since then, the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting allows continuing efficacious chemotherapy that earlier had to be stopped sometimes ...
Hanane, Inrhaoun, Tamás, Kullmann, Ibrahim, Elghissassi, Hind, Mrabti, Hassan, Errihani   +4 more
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The Management of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

Medical Clinics of North America, 1987
This paper reviews one of the major side-effects of chemotherapy, emesis. Included are patient and treatment factors that can affect the control of nausea and vomiting as well as a summary of the management of chemotherapy-induced emesis.
R J, Gralla, L B, Tyson, M G, Kris, R A, Clark   +3 more
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The Pathophysiology of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

Gastroenterology Nursing, 2005
Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting is a major debilitating side effect of oncology treatment despite recent advances in pharmaceutical management. Nurses who provide care to patients experiencing nausea and vomiting are often only marginally aware of the pathophysiological processes involved in the treatment. A better understanding of the science
Paul D, Baker, Sandra L, Morzorati, Marsha L, Ellett   +2 more
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Pharmacogenetics of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

Pharmacogenomics, 2015
Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is associated with distressing adverse effects observed in patients during cytotoxic chemotherapy. One of the potential factors explaining suboptimal response to currently used antiemetics is variability in genes encoding enzymes and proteins that play a role in the action of antiemetic drugs ...
Shigekazu, Sugino, Piotr K, Janicki
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[Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting].

HNO, 2023
Chemotherapy-induced nausea and the subsequent vomiting (CINV) are adverse effects of cancer treatment associated with considerable burden for the patient. CINV has a significant negative impact on quality of life. The consequent loss of fluids and electrolytes can lead to impaired renal function or weight loss, which may lead to hospitalization.
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Aprepitant for Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2004
Although the development of serotonin receptor antagonists has greatly improved treatment for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, patients receiving chemotherapy continue to experience this troublesome side effect. On March 26, 2003, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved aprepitant (Emend, Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ) for ...
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Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting

2017
By the end of this chapter you will be able to: Describe the definitions related to chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Describe the risk factors. List differential diagnoses for nausea and vomiting. Describe the emetogenic risk of the various chemotherapeutic agents.
Daniela Cristina Stefan, Mhamed Harif
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Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.

Postgraduate medicine
Preview Modem chemotherapy provides meaningful palliation for cancer and even cures some forms. Unfortunately, it causes numerous adverse reactions. Nausea and vomiting are the most feared and debilitating for many patients; in fact, some patients refuse potentially beneficial chemotherapy to avoid these side effects.
Syed, Bilgrami, Barbara G, Fallon
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