Nurse-controlled analgesia using a patient-controlled analgesia device: An alternative strategy in the management of severe cancer pain in children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 352-355

  Kanagasundaram, S A ^a   Cooper, M G ^a   Lane, L J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Fentanyl; Morphine; Nurse controlled analgesia; Pain; Patient controlled analgesia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030766378     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1997.tb01616.x     Document Type: Article

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