{"slug":"palliative","tag":"palliative","variants":["palliative"],"description":"No description yet","count":2,"kinds":{"protocol":2},"related":[{"slug":"protocol","tag":"protocol","shared":2},{"slug":"acute-oncology","tag":"acute-oncology","shared":1},{"slug":"nausea-and-vomiting","tag":"nausea-and-vomiting","shared":1},{"slug":"oncological-emergency","tag":"oncological-emergency","shared":1}],"records":[{"id":"malignant-bowel-obstruction","kind":"protocol","name":"Malignant bowel obstruction in advanced cancer: medicines, decompression, stents, surgery and nutrition","route":"/protocols/malignant-bowel-obstruction/","tldr":"Advanced bowel, ovarian or other abdominal cancer can block the bowel. Cramping pain, a swollen tummy, being sick and not passing wind or stools need urgent assessment; a CT scan confirms it. Treatment depends on what you want from care and how well you are: some people have a stent or an operation, many have medicines for sickness and pain, sometimes with a tube to drain the stomach."},{"id":"nausea-and-vomiting-in-advanced-cancer","kind":"protocol","name":"Nausea and vomiting in advanced cancer not caused by cancer treatment","route":"/protocols/nausea-and-vomiting-in-advanced-cancer/","tldr":"In advanced cancer, nausea and vomiting often have a cause that can be found and treated, such as constipation, a high calcium level, a medicine, or a blocked bowel. Your team will look for the cause, stop medicines that may worsen it, and choose an anti-sickness medicine that suits it, under the skin or by a small pump if tablets will not stay down. Say if it is not improving."}]}