Institutional patterns of symptomatic medication in hospitalized patients with advanced cancer

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-136

  Panico, Kevin ^a   Manfredi, Paolo ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Cancer; Morphine; Pain; Palliative care; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; MEGESTROL; MORPHINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; STEROID; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2342432317     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104990910402100212     Document Type: Review

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