The prevalence and characteristics of pain in critically ill cancer patients: A prospective nonrandomized observational study

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 262-267

  Gupta, Mayank ^a   Sahi, Malvinder Singh ^b   Bhargava, A K ^b   Talwar, Vineet ^b  

^a SGRR im and HS   (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI CANCER INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer; Critically ill; Intensive Care Unit; Neuropathic; Pain; Severe pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941765431     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.164894     Document Type: Article

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