The role of epidural phenol in cancer patients at the end of life

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 777-778

  Finnegan, C ^a   Saravanakumar, K ^b   Sharma, M ^c   Nash, T P ^c,d   Corcoran, G D ^a   Hugel, Heino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; GABAPENTIN; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; PHENOL;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PANCREAS CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHENOLS; TERMINALLY ILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61549138682     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216308094319     Document Type: Letter

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