Opioid conversion guideline for managing adult cancer pain

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 62-65

  Derby, Susan A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACOKINETICS; SALVAGE THERAPY; TITRIMETRY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROMORPHONE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SALVAGE THERAPY; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 0033211383     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-199910000-00053     Document Type: Article

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