Retrospective Assessment of Cancer Pain Management in an Outpatient Palliative Radiotherapy Clinic Using the Pain Management Index

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-267

  Mitera, Gunita ^a   Zeiadin, Nadil ^a   Kirou Mauro, Andrea ^a   DeAngelis, Carlo ^a   Wong, Jennifer ^a   Sanjeevan, Teenu ^a   Sinclair, Emily ^a   Danjoux, Cyril ^a   Barnes, Elizabeth ^a   Tsao, May ^a   Sahgal, Arjun ^a   Chow, Edward ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; cancer pain; Pain Management Index

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ARTHROTEC; CELECOXIB; CHOLINE MAGNESIUM TRISALICYLATE; CODEINE; CODEINE CONTIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; ENDOCET; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE; HYDROMORPH CONTIN; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; KETAMINE; KETOPROFEN; KETOROLAC; M ESLON; METHADONE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NAPROXEN; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE; OXYCOCET; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PENTAZOCINE; PERCOCET; PETHIDINE; PREDNISONE; PREGABALIN; STATEX; TRAMACET; TYLENOL ES; TYLENOL PLAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BONE NEOPLASMS; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 75949091727     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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