A validation study of the WHO analgesic ladder: A two-step vs three-step strategy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 888-894

  Maltoni, Marco ^a   Scarpi, Emanuela ^b   Modonesi, Caterina ^a   Passardi, Alessandro ^c   Calpona, Sebastiano ^c   Turriziani, Adriana ^d   Speranza, Raffaella ^e   Tassinari, Davide ^f   Magnani, Pierantonio ^g   Saccani, Denis ^h   Montanari, Luigi ⁱ   Roudnas, Britt ^f   Amadori, Dino ^c  

^a Forlimpopoli Hospital   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ONCOLOGICO ROMAGNOLO   (Italy)

^c MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Bassini   (Italy)

^f Ospedale Infermi   (Italy)

^g Palliative Care Residential Center   (Italy)

^h Local Health Unit of Reggio Emilia   (Italy)

ⁱ Lugo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesic ladder; Cancer pain; Opioids; Pain assessment; WHO guidelines

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; OPIOID INDUCED EMESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCERAL METASTASIS; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 27144524139     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0807-6     Document Type: Article

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