Treatment of pain in chronic bowel subobstruction with self- administration of methadone

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-329

  Mercadante, Sebastiano ^a,b   Sapio, Monica ^b   Serretta, Roberto ^b  

^a SAMOT Onlus   (Italy)

^b Buccheri Ferla Fatebenefratelli H ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Bowel obstruction; Methadone; Opioids; PCA

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DICLOFENAC; METHADONE; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARY CANCER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE;

EID: 0030788312     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200050082     Document Type: Article

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