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The Use of Octreotide to Manage Symptoms of Bronchorrhea: A Case Report
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Octreotide, a synthetic analogue of the hormone somatostatin, is primarily used in palliative medicine because of its antisecretory effect and has been shown to be effective in the management of bowel obstruction, nausea, and diarrhea. Octreotide also has been successfully used for the management of bronchorrhea in both inpatient and outpatient settings. We report the case of a 47-year-old female with a history of bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma whose copious bronchial secretions were controlled with octreotide. Octreotide should be further evaluated as a first-line treatment for bronchorrhea.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Palliative care
Lung Neoplasms
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Nausea
Octreotide
Bronchi
Gastroenterology
Article
Synthetic analogue
Bronchorrhea
Internal medicine
Medicine
Humans
General Nursing
business.industry
General surgery
Palliative Care
Bronchial Diseases
Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Bowel obstruction
Diarrhea
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Somatostatin
Female
Neurology (clinical)
medicine.symptom
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....792242cdd72cd7b8e6914fa60b708298