Low Vitamin D levels are associated with higher opioid dose in palliative cancer patients-results from an observational study in Sweden

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Bergman, Peter ^a   Sperneder, Susanne ^b   Höijer, Jonas ^c   Bergqvist, Jenny ^b,c   Björkhem Bergman, Linda ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Palliative Home Care and Hospice Ward   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; SWEDEN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWEDEN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942893145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128223     Document Type: Article

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