Opioid rotation in children with cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 419-422

  Drake, Ross ^a,b   Longworth, Judith ^a   Collins, John J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CANCER PAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MYOCLONUS; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OPIOID ROTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRURITUS; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID TUMOR; SOMNOLENCE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3242758972     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1096621041349590     Document Type: Article

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