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Pain control: some aspects of day‐to‐day management
Author(s) -
FIELD G. B.,
PARRY J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
european journal of cancer care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1365-2354
pISSN - 0961-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2354.1994.tb00018.x
Subject(s) - medicine , analgesic , pain control , palliative care , pain management , day care , intensive care medicine , analgesic agents , anesthesia , nursing
A practical framework for the management of pain control in palliative care of patients with advanced malignancies, using analgesics and co‐analgesics is described. The analgesic ladder is used as a model for the logical progression of options for the day‐to‐day application of analgesics. Strong opioids and their side‐effects are discussed. Indications for the most frequently applied co‐analgesics are given, including the more commonly required psychotropic agents.