Opioid use and effectiveness of its prescription at discharge in an acute pain relief and palliative care unit

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1853-1859

  Mercadante, Sebastiano ^a,b   Prestia, Giovanna ^a   Ranieri, Maurizio ^b   Giarratano, Antonello ^b   Casuccio, Alessandra ^b  

^a LA MADDALENA CANCER CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Opioid use; Pain relief; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; FENTANYL; FENTANYL CITRATE; HYDROMORPHONE; KETOROLAC; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYCODONE; OXYCODONE PLUS PARACETAMOL; PARACETAMOL; TAPENTADOL; TRAMADOL;

ACUTE PAIN RELIEF AND PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY WARD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMONITORING;

ACUTE PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORPHINE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 84878736034     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1740-8     Document Type: Article

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