Treating Constipation in Palliative Care: The Impact of Other Factors Aside From Opioids

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 122-125

  Clark, Katherine ^a,b   Byfieldt, N ^a   Dawe, M ^a   Currow, D C ^c  

^a CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anticholinergic load; constipation; methylnaltrexone; opioids; palliative care; risk factors

Indexed keywords

17 METHYLNALTREXONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LAXATIVE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84857957676     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909111409389     Document Type: Article

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