Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) in the domiciliary care of tumour patients

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL.1, 1996, Pages 137-140

  Meuret, Gerhard ^a   Jocham, Hubert ^a  

^a St Elisabeth Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

ANALGESIA; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTIPATION; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; DRUG USE; FATIGUE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MORPHINE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE;

EID: 0029979928     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-7372(96)90076-6     Document Type: Article

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