Methadone use in children and young adults at a cancer center: A retrospective study

Journal of Opioid Management

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 353-361

  Anghelescu, Doralina L ^a   Faughnan, Lane G ^a   Hankins, Gisele M ^a   Ward, Deborah A ^a   Oakes, Linda L ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Methadone; Neuropathic; Pain; Pediatric cancer; Weaning; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PAIN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OSTEOSARCOMA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHADONE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855200124     PISSN: 15517489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jom.2011.0076     Document Type: Article

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