The use of long-acting opioids in chronic pain management

AH Vallerand - Nursing Clinics, 2003 - nursing.theclinics.com
Chronic pain is a major public health problem. It has a significant effect on a person's quality
of life and causes a societal burden in terms of health care costs, disability payments, and …

[HTML][HTML] Opioid antagonists: a review of their role in palliative care, focusing on use in opioid-related constipation

YS Choi, JA Billings - Journal of pain and symptom management, 2002 - Elsevier
Opioid antagonists have well-established indications in the reversal of life-threatening
opioid toxicity, but also hold considerable promise for other applications in palliative care …

Opioid pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics: clinical implications in acute pain management in trauma

M MacKenzie, PJ Zed… - Annals of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To evaluate acute traumatic pain protocols and to suggest optimization by
characterizing opioid pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK-PD). Data Sources …

Opioid use and effectiveness of its prescription at discharge in an acute pain relief and palliative care unit

S Mercadante, G Prestia, M Ranieri… - Supportive Care in …, 2013 - Springer
The aim of this study was to present how opioids are used in an acute pain relief and
palliative care unit (APRPCU), where many patients with difficult pain conditions are …

Recent advances in opioid prescription for chronic non-cancer pain

S Snidvongs, V Mehta - Postgraduate medical journal, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Chronic pain is pain that persists past the normal time of healing, and is seen as a common
problem with a significant socioeconomic impact. Pharmacological management for chronic …

Acute pain management: unmet needs and new advances in pain management

M Solca - European Journal of Anaesthesiology| EJA, 2002 - journals.lww.com
The effective management of acute paun following surgery is a key goal for anaesthetısts,
surgeons and nursıng specialists. However, despite our best efforts, many postoperative …