Outpatient opiate therapy in cancer patients during their last days of life;Ambulante opiattherapie bei tumorpatienten in den letzten lebenstagen

Schmerz

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-155

  Maier, R ^a   Maier, A ^a   Muller Busch C ^b  

^a Praxis für Anästhesiologie Schmerztherapie Palliativmedizin ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Final phase; Home Care Berlin; Opioids; Palliative care; Symptom control

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MORPHINE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 43449116928     PISSN: 0932433X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00482-007-0616-6     Document Type: Article

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