Open AccessOpioid dispensing patterns from a tertiary care cancer hospital during the nationwide lockdown in COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Rishabh Khurana,
Mohit Varshney,
Seema Mishra,
Nishkarsh Gupta,
Rakesh Garg,
SachidanandJee Bharti,
Vinod Kumar,
Sushma Bhatnagar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_179_20
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer pain , palliative care , pandemic , opioid , covid-19 , cancer , emergency medicine , fentanyl , medical emergency , anesthesia , nursing , disease , receptor , infectious disease (medical specialty)
During the current COVID-19 crisis, striking a balance between adequate pain relief in advanced malignancy patients and avoiding hospitals due to fear of contracting the infection has been the biggest challenge for patients as well as palliative care physicians. This study explored the trends in opioid dispensing for cancer pain before and during the lockdown.