Opioid switching in patients with advanced cancer followed at home. A retrospective analysis

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 298-304

  Mercadante, Sebastiano ^a,b   Valle, Alessandro ^c   Porzio, Giampiero ^d   Fusco, Flavio ^e   Aielli, Federica ^d   Adile, Claudio ^a   Casuccio, Alessandra ^b  

^a LA MADDALENA CANCER CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Home Care Program   (Italy)

^d Home Care Program   (Italy)

^e ASL 3 Genovese   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; home care; opioid switching

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME OF DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873412399     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.02.025     Document Type: Article

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