Palliative Care Guidelines - Symptom Control

Guidelines on individual symptoms are available in this section. Pain management is covered in a separate section.  Each page has some introductory information, links to related guidelines and web resources.  The individual guidelines are in PDF format and can be downloaded and printed off.

• Anorexia
• Bowel obstruction
• Breathlessness
• Constipation
• Cough
• Delirium
• Depression
• Emergencies
  • Bleeding
  • Hypercalcaemia
  • Seizures
  • Spinal Cord Compression
• Fatigue
• Hiccup
• Itch
• Last days of life
  • Renal last days of life
• Levomepromazine
• Mouth care
• Nausea and vomiting
• Subcutaneous fluids
• Sweating