Effects of morphine on the dyspnea of terminal cancer patients

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 341-344

  Bruera, Eduardo ^a   Macmillan, Karen ^a   Pither, Jim ^a   MacDonald, R Neil ^a  

^a Edmonton General Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; dyspnea; morphine; symptom

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; DRUG EVALUATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORPHINE; NEOPLASMS; OXIMETRY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RESPIRATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0025651986     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0885-3924(90)90027-H     Document Type: Article

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