Opioid consumption in hospitals of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: A four-year retrospective study

Tumori

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 96-102

  Bortolussi, Roberto ^a   Spazzapan, Simon ^a,b   Lombardi, Davide ^a,b   Colussi, Anna Maria ^a   Veronesi, Andrea ^a   Matovic, Mira ^a   De Cicco, Marcello ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer pain treatment; Opioid consumption

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG USE; EVALUATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; ITALY; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORK;

EID: 2142653011     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160409000120     Document Type: Article

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