[Pain in tumor patients: assessment and pain drug therapy].
This review gives an overview over the diagnostic and pharmacological approach to pain in cancer patients. The work-up and the pharmaceutical treatment is detailed and several important points in the use of opiates are highlighted.
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Medizinische Klinik, Kantonsspital Luzern.
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D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004333:Drug Administration Routes; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement
D000700:Analgesics; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations