Cancer pain management at a tertiary care cancer center in India - A retrospective analysis of 3,238 patients

Journal of Opioid Management

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 361-368

  Bhatnagar, Sushma ^a   Mishra, Seema ^a   Srikanti, Madhurima ^a   Gupta, Deepak ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer pain management; Opioids; WHO analgesic ladder

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; BISACODYL; CODEINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; GRANISETRON; HALOPERIDOL; IBUPROFEN; LIQUID PARAFFIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; OMEPRAZOLE; ONDANSETRON; PANTOPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PICOSULFATE SODIUM; RANITIDINE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; TRAMADOL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANALGESIA; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONSTIPATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIARRHEA; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INSOMNIA; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCLE SPASM; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRURITUS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEAKNESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 58249113981     PISSN: 15517489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jom.2008.0040     Document Type: Article

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