Painful bone metastases: A prospective observational cohort study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 521-525

  Clare, Charlotte ^a   Royle, Deborah ^a   Saharia, Kirsten ^a   Pearse, Hazel ^a   Oxberry, Stephen ^a   Oakley, Kath ^a   Allsopp, Leslie ^a   Rigby, Alan S ^b   Johnson, Miriam J ^c  

^a Yorkshire Palliative Medicine Training Scheme   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c St Catherine's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Bone metastases; Incident pain; Neoplasms; Pain; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANALGESIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIAMORPHINE; FENTANYL; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; STEROID; STRONTIUM;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REST; TIME; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27844604914     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216305pm1079oa     Document Type: Article

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