Outcome of opioid switching 4 weeks after discharge from a palliative care unit

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2357-2360

  Mercadante, Sebastiano ^a   Ferrera, Patrizia ^a   Casuccio, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Long term therapy; Opioid switching

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 81855180706     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2011.635197     Document Type: Article

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