Use of Opioids in the Treatment of Severe Pain in Terminally III Patients - Dying Should Not Be Painful

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1397-1401

  Moynihan, Timothy J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; CASCARA; DOCUSATE SODIUM; ENEMA; FENTANYL; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE; SENNA EXTRACT; SORBITOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CANCER PAIN; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSTIPATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DYING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SHORT SURVEY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TERMINAL DISEASE; VOMITING;

EID: 0242349553     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/78.11.1397     Document Type: Article

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