Delirium as a contributing factor to "crescendo" pain: Three case reports

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 44-47

  Coyle, Nessa ^a   Breitbart, William ^a   Weaver, Susan ^a   Portenoy, Russell ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; Delirium; escalating pain

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROMORPHONE; LORAZEPAM; METHADONE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PIROXICAM;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CASE REPORT; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0028031603     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0885-3924(94)90146-5     Document Type: Article

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