Epidemiology, features and outcome of pain in patients with advanced hematological malignancies followed in a home care program: An Italian survey

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 671-676

  Niscola, Pasquale ^a   Cartoni, Claudio ^b   Romani, Claudio ^c   Brunetti, Gregorio Antonio ^b   D'Elia, Gianna Maria ^b   Cupelli, Luca ^a   Tendas, Andrea ^a   de Fabritiis, Paolo ^a   Mandelli, Franco ^b   Foà, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Oncologico A Businco   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hematological malignancies; Home care; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BORTEZOMIB; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; THALIDOMIDE; VINCA ALKALOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEPATOMEGALY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOLYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER; SPLENOMEGALY; VISCERAL PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547588895     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-007-0296-4     Document Type: Article

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