Guidelines: Control of pain in adults with cancer: Summary of SIGN guidelines

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7678, 2008, Pages 1106-1109

  Cormie, P J ^a   Nairn, M ^b   Welsh, J ^c,d  

^a Stow Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUPRENORPHINE; CANNABINOID; CARBAMAZEPINE; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; FENTANYL; FENTANYL CITRATE; GABAPENTIN; HYDROMORPHONE; IMIPRAMINE; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NABILONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; NEOPLASM; PAIN;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 56549092721     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a2154     Document Type: Review

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