Pain management in children with terminal illnesses

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-99

  Bou Khalil, Micheline K ^a  

^a RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; EMLA; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IBUPROFEN; KETAMINE; KETOROLAC; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; NALOXONE; NAPROXEN; NITROUS OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OCTREOTIDE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; STEROID; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANALGESIA; BONE PAIN; CANCER PAIN; CHILD CARE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; METASTASIS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCLONUS; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRURITUS; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEBANON; PAIN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 45149132763     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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