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

Mercadante, Sebastiano; Prestia, Giovanna; Ranieri, Maurizio; Giarratano, Antonello; Casuccio, Alessandra

Mercadante, Sebastiano; Prestia, Giovanna; Ranieri, Maurizio; Giarratano, Antonello; Casuccio, Alessandra.

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Mercadante S; Pain relief and palliative care unit, La Maddalena Cancer Center, Via San Lorenzo 312, 90146 Palermo, Italy. terapiadeldolore@lamaddalenanet.it

Support Care Cancer ; 21(7): 1853-9, 2013 Jul.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23400316

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Acute Pain/drug therapy; Analgesics, Opioid/administration & dosage; Neoplasms/complications; Palliative Care/methods; Acute Pain/etiology; Adult; Aged; Breakthrough Pain/drug therapy; Breakthrough Pain/etiology; Continuity of Patient Care; Drug Prescriptions; Female; Humans; Male; Morphine/administration & dosage; Pain Measurement/drug effects; Patient Discharge

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Palliative Care / Acute Pain / Analgesics, Opioid / Neoplasms Type of study: Etiology_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Support Care Cancer Journal subject: NEOPLASIAS / SERVICOS DE SAUDE Year: 2013 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Italy Country of publication: Germany

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