Paediatric cancer pain management using the WHO analgesic ladder - results of a prospective analysis from 2265 treatment days during a quality improvement study

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 587-

  Zernikow, Boris ^a   Smale, Helen ^a   Michel, Erik ^b   Hasan, Carola ^c   Jorch, Norbert ^d   Andler, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^d Gilead Children's Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Children; Guideline; Oncology; Pain; Tumour; WHO

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; DIPYRONE; FENTANYL; LAXATIVE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; STEROID; TRAMADOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RATING SCALE; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33747755203     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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