Assessment of pain and nutritional status in patients suffering from lung cancer
CONCLUSION: By regular monitoring of the intensity of the pain we made good management in controlling malignant pain, which is an important data in the assessment of nutritional status. The fact is that the poor controlled pain is present in 24% of patients and has been the reason for the reduced food intake.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Karabatic, S., Plestina, S., Zovko, T., Sajnic, A. Tags: 9.3 Nurses Source Type: research
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