| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 154 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford pain management library
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Oxford pain management library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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, making professionals' choices about cancer pain management more complex. Part of the Oxford Pain Management Library, this book compares and reviews the current opioids for moderate to severe pain and considers their place in the management of cancer pain, using morphine as the accepted 'gold standard' worldwid. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cancer pain -- Chemotherapy.
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Cancer pain -- Chemotherapy. |
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Cancer pain. |
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Opioids -- Therapeutic use.
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Opioids -- Therapeutic use. |
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Opioids. |
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Pain -- drug therapy. |
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Analgesics, Opioid -- therapeutic use. |
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Neoplasms -- complications. |
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Pain -- etiology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Forbes, Karen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Opioids in cancer pain. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 9780199218806 (DLC) 2007039100 (OCoLC)156817165 |
| ISBN |
9780191575181 (electronic book) |
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0191575186 (electronic book) |
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9780199218806 |
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0199218803 |
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