Review Article
Prophylactic Management of Radiation-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
Table 2
Individual risk factors adapted from [
1].
| Risk factor | Risk score |
| Age | | >55 years | 0 | <55 years | 1 | Sex | | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | Alcohol consumption | | Yes (>100 g/day) | 0 | No | 1 | Previous nausea & vomiting | | Yes | 1 | No | 0 | Anxiety | | Yes | 1 | No | 0 |
| Risk profile (4 = normal risk ∣ 5-6 high risk) |
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