Effect of nebulized morphine in cancer patients with dyspnea: A pilot study

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 600-603

  Tanaka, Keiko ^a   Shima, Yasuo ^a   Kakinuma, Ryutaro ^a   Kubota, Kaoru ^a   Ohe, Yuichiro ^b   Hojo, Fumihiko ^a   Matsumoto, Taketoshi ^a   Ohmatsu, Hironobu ^a   Goto, Koichi ^a   Nagai, Kanji ^a   Nishiwaki, Yutaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dyspnea; Nebulized morphine; Symptom control

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPNEA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBULIZER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSPNEA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; OXYGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; RESPIRATION; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 17144465670     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/29.12.600     Document Type: Article

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