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Opioids in cancer pain /
The World Health Organisation published 'Cancer Pain Relief' in 1990, advocating simplicity in the choice of analgesic and of route of administration. Since that time an increasing number of opioids for moderate to severe pain in an increasing number of formulations have become available,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Oxford pain management library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The principles of management of pain due to cancer / Karen Forbes
- The range of treatments for pain due to cancer / Peter Hoskin
- The development and efficacy of the WHO analgesic ladder / Augusto Caraceni, Stefan Grond
- Opioid receptors / Catherine E. Urch
- Starting opioids for moderate to severe pain : talking to the patient / Karen Forbes, Colette Reid
- Principles of opioid titration / Marie Fallon, Sandra McConnell
- Management of adverse effects / Marie Fallon, Sandra McConnell
- Morphine / Marie Fallon, Sandra McConnell
- Oxycodone / Collette Reid, Eija Kalso
- Hydromorphone / Naeem Ahmed, Catherine E. Urch
- Methadone / Matt Makin
- Other alternative oral opioids / Matt Makin
- Transdermal opioids / Luke Feathers, Christina Faull
- Other routes of opioid administration / Giovambattista Zeppetella
- Spinal opioids / Karen H. Simpson, Ganesan Baranidharan
- Parenteral opioids / Jeremy R. Johnson
- Opioids in special circumstances / Fliss Murtagh, Polly Edmonds, Chris Farnham
- Appendix : dose converting when switching from oral morphine to transdermal fentanyl.