Opioid use at the end of life and survival in a Hospital at home unit

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1079-1083

  Bengoechea, Itxaso ^a   Gutiérrez, Susana Garcia ^b   Vrotsou, Kalliopi ^b   Onaindia, Miren Josune ^a   Lopez, Jose Maria Quintana ^b  

^a Hospital Galdakao Usansolo   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 77956595859     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0031     Document Type: Article

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