How are topical opioids used to manage painful cutaneous lesions in palliative care? A critical review

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1920-1928

  Graham, Tanya ^a   Grocott, Patricia ^a   Probst, Sebastian ^b   Wanklyn, Steven ^c   Dawson, Jacqueline ^c   Gethin, Georgina ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Inflammatory wound pain Palliative care Topical opioids

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; METRONIDAZOLE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PETHIDINE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EVENING DOSAGE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PAIN; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

INFLAMMATORY WOUND PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; TOPICAL OPIOIDS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 84884282846     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.06.016     Document Type: Review

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