Severe respiratory depression and sedation with transdermal fentanyl: Four case studies

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 714-716

  Regnard, Claud ^a   Pelham, Anne ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b St Oswald's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Fentanyl; Respiratory depression; Sedation; Transdermal administration

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; DIAMORPHINE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OXYGEN; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CANCER PAIN; CASE REPORT; COLON CARCINOMA; CONFUSION; DEATH; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0344237244     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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