Open AccessShould blood cultures be performed in terminally Ill cancer patients?
Author(s) -
Nobuhiro Asai,
Masahiro Aoshima,
Yoshihiro Ohkuni,
Yoshihito Otsuka,
Norihiro Kaneko
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.97348
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , pneumonia , urinary system , antibiotics , cancer , blood culture , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
No evidence-based guidelines or protocols to treat the infection-related symptoms in cancer patients with terminal stages have been established.