The syringe driver: a useful way to deliver drugs
The syringe driver plays an important role in maintaining good symptom control when our patients are no longer able to take oral medications. This chapter helps you to recognise when the syringe driver might be helpful for our patients and some of the concerns which it might be important for our pat...
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Zusammenfassung: | The syringe driver plays an important role in maintaining good symptom control when our patients are no longer able to take oral medications. This chapter helps you to recognise when the syringe driver might be helpful for our patients and some of the concerns which it might be important for our patients and their carers to discuss with us. Frequently asked questions are answered and drugs which you might use in the syringe driver to help manage patients symptoms are presented. |
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DOI: | 10.1093/med/9780198702412.003.0006 |