Cervical intrathecal analgesia for head and neck/upper limb cancer pain: Six case reports

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 543-545

  Baker, Lisa ^a   Balls, Jennifer ^a   Regnard, Claud ^a   Pridie, Angus ^b  

^a Marie Curie Hospice ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Cervical; Head and neck; Intrathecal; Palliative; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPIVACAINE; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAMORPHINE; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; METHADONE; MIRTAZAPINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARM; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIGLOTTIS CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARESTHESIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; URINE RETENTION;

AGED; ANALGESIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35448990586     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216307081130     Document Type: Article

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