Cancer pain management in an oncological ward in a comprehensive cancer center with an established palliative care unit

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3287-3292

  Mercadante, Sebastiano ^a,b   Guccione, Costanza ^a   Di Fatta, Simona ^a   Alaimo, Valentina ^a,b   Prestia, Giovanna ^a   Bellingardo, Rosanna ^a   Gebbia, Vittorio ^c   Giarratano, Antonino ^a,b   Casuccio, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Giglio   (Italy)

^c LA MADDALENA CANCER CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Opioid; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; COCODAMOL; FENTANYL; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDMONTON SYSTEM ASSESSMENT SCALE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY WARD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN MANAGEMENT INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889100312     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1899-z     Document Type: Article

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