Use of patient-controlled analgesia for pain control in dying children

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 531-536

  Schiessl, Christine ^a,b   Gravou, Chara ^b   Zernikow, Boris ^c   Sittl, Reinhard ^b   Griessinger, Norbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Children; End of life; Opioid; Patient controlled analgesia

Indexed keywords

HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; PETHIDINE; PIRITRAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER PAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE RETENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORPHINE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41849093710     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0408-2     Document Type: Article

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