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Helping patients with symptoms other than pain 7: Oedema

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Journal articles

Anonymous. Arm oedema following breast cancer treatment. Drug & Therapeutics Bulletin. 2000; 38(6): 41-3.

Badger CM. Peacock JL. Mortimer PS. A randomized, controlled, parallel-group clinical trial comparing multilayer bandaging followed by hosiery versus hosiery alone in the treatment of patients with lymphedema of the limb. Cancer. 2000: 88(12):2832-7.  

Hofman D. Oedema and the management of venous ulcers. Journal of Wound Care. 1998; 7(7): 345-8.

Jeffs E. Management of chronic oedema. Journal of Wound Care. 1998; 7(9 Suppl): 1-4.

Leung AK. Robson WL. Oedema in childhood. Journal of the Royal Society of Health. 2000; 120(4): 212-9.

Mulvenna P, Gillham L, Regnard CFB.   Lymphangiosarcoma- experience in a lymphoedema clinic. Palliative Medicine, 1995;  9: 55-59.

Topham EJ. Mortimer PS. Chronic lower limb oedema. Clinical Medicine. 2002; 2(1):28-31.

Young GL. Jewell D. Interventions for varicosities and leg oedema in pregnancy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews [computer file]. 2000 ; 2:CD001066.

Resource books and websites

Lymphoedema.   Jenns K, Todd J, Twycross RG. Abingdon : Radcliffe Medical Press. 2000.  377p, ISBN 1857753771.

Regnard C, Badger C, Mortimer P.  Lymphoedema: advice on treatment, 3rd edition.  Beaconsfield:  Beaconsfield publishers, 2003.

A Guide to Symptom Relief in Palliative Care, 5th ed. Regnard C, Hockley J.  Abingdon: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2004

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine 3rd ed. Doyle D, Hanks G, Cherny NI, Calman K eds. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.

PCF2- Palliative Care Formulary, 2nd ed. Twycross RG, Wilcock A, Charlesworth S. Abingdon: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2003.  Also on www.palliativedrugs.com