Changes in the Prescription of Psychotropic Drugs in the Palliative Care of Advanced Cancer Patients over a Seven-Year Period

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 945-952

  Farriols, Cristina ^a   Ferrández, Olivia ^a   Planas, José ^a   Ortiz, Pere ^a   Mojal, Sergi ^a,b   Ruiz, Ada I ^a  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

antidepressants; antipsychotics; benzodiazepines; cancer patients; depression; Palliative care; terminal care

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CITALOPRAM; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; LORMETAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MIRTAZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TRAZODONE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84860665033     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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