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Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines
  • Symptoms
    • Pain
    • Symptom management
  • Medicines
    • Anticipatory prescribing
    • Medicines information
    • Syringe pump / driver guidelines
    • Patient information leaflets
  • Palliative emergencies
  • Last days of life
    • Care in the last days of life
    • Care of people with diabetes in the last days of life
    • End stage liver disease
    • Mouth care
    • Rapid transfer home in the last days of life
    • Renal disease in the last days of life
    • Severe uncontrolled distress
    • Subcutaneous fluids
  • Transitions
    • Out of hours handover
  • Further resources
  1. Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines
  2. Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines
  3. Symptoms
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  5. Symptom management
  6. Lymphoedema
Symptom management Alternatives to regular medication normally given via a syringe pump or subcutaneous route when this is not available Anorexia/cachexia Bowel obstruction Breathlessness Constipation Cough Delirium Depression Diarrhoea Hiccups Hypercalcaemia Lymphoedema Mouth care Nausea and vomiting Pregnancy and breastfeeding Pruritis Seizures Sweating Weakness/fatigue

Lymphoedema

Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines
National

Assessment

BLS Red Legs Pathway

Differential diagnosis in patients with red legs: red legs pathway to guide decision making

 

Treament

BLS Cellulitis Guidelines

Guidelines on the management of cellulitis in lymphoedema

BLS British Lymphology Society

Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines

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