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Pruritus in advanced disease /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Zylicz, Zbigniew, Jones, E. Anthony, Twycross, Robert G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:Oxford medical publications.
Subjects:
Pruritus.
Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to pruritus
  • Neurophysiology
  • Clinical assessment of patients with pruritus
  • Measurement of scratching activity
  • The pruritus of cholestasis and the opioid neurotransmitter system
  • Uraemic pruritus
  • Opioid-induced pruritus
  • Pruritus accompanying solid tumours
  • Pruritus in haematological disorders
  • Neuropathic pruritus
  • Psychogenic pruritus
  • Topical therapy
  • Systemic therapy : making rational choices
  • Treatment of patients with pruritus from the nursing perspective
  • Pruritus : past, present, and future