Abstract
Oral mucosal damage due to stomatitis and mucositis in palliative care patients is described. Causes and general supportive measures are discussed. Drugs associated with xerostomia are listed. Disease and drug induced changes in taste are addressed. Treatments used for oral mucosal damage are described. Evaluation instruments that have been used to assess oral mucosal damage are described. Some open research questions are listed. A prevention algorithm, a treatment algorithm and therapy tables are presented.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 143-161 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Journal of Pharmaceutical Care in Pain and Symptom Control |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2000 |
Keywords
- A llopurinol
- Algorithm
- Antibiotics
- Azelastine
- Chamomile
- Chemotherapy
- Chlorhexidine
- Colony-stimulating factors
- Costs
- Cryotherapy
- Damage
- Drug therapy
- Dry mouth
- Dying
- Dysgeusia
- Etiology
- Evidence
- Glutamine
- Helium-neon laser treatment
- Hygiene
- Immune globulin
- Mucosa
- Mucositis
- Non-pharmacological therapy
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- Oral
- Palliative care
- Pentoxyphylline
- Povidone-iodine
- Prevention
- Propantheline
- Prostaglandins
- Radiotherapy
- Stomatitis
- Sucralfate
- Supportive care
- Terminal care
- Xerostomia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
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