Parotitis at the End-of-Life

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  • Filipa Tavares Carreiro Unidade de Cuidados Continuados e Paliativos, Hospital da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal; Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, Ponta Delgada, Portugal Dear Editor, Saliva plays a key role in maintaining physiological homeostasis of the oral cavity and its estimated daily production is of about 500-600 mL /day.
  • Rita Abril Unidade de Cuidados Continuados e Paliativos, Hospital da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Isabel Galriça Neto Unidade de Cuidados Continuados e Paliativos, Hospital da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal

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https://doi.org/10.17140/PMHCOJ-3-121

Abstract

Saliva plays a key role in maintaining physiological homeostasis of the oral cavity and its estimated daily production is of about 500-600 mL /day. Xerostomia is defined as the subjective feeling of dry mouth caused either by changes in the saliva consistency, or by the acute reduction of its production, by 50% or more.

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2017-06-20

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Filipa Tavares Carreiro, Rita Abril, & Isabel Galriça Neto. (2017). Parotitis at the End-of-Life. Palliative Medicine and Hospice Care, 3(1), 11–13. https://doi.org/10.17140/PMHCOJ-3-121

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2017): Volume 3 Issue 1 2017

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