Living systematic review to assess the analgesic undertreatment in cancer patients

A Roberto, MT Greco, S Uggeri, S Cavuto… - Pain …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims This living and systematic review aimed to provide an updated
summary of the available evidence on pain undertreatment prevalence in patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Palliative care and pain control

EL Krakauer, X Kwete, S Verguet, H Arreola-Ornelas… - 2018 - europepmc.org
Palliative care has been shown to provide significant and diverse benefits for patients with
serious, complex, or life-limiting health problems. Such benefits include the following …

[HTML][HTML] Realizing the right to health: a long and winding road

JJ Amon - Health and Human Rights, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Where are we, in this moment, in our efforts to realize a right to health for all? As I take on the
role of editor-in-chief of Health and Human Rights Journal, this question preoccupies me. I …

[HTML][HTML] Access to pain relief and essential opioids in the WHO South-East Asia Region: challenges in implementing drug reforms

N Vallath, MR Rajagopal, S Perera… - WHO South-East Asia …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
It is a justifiable assumption that more than 15 million people in the World Health
Organization South-East Asia Region are experiencing serious health-related suffering …

Opioid use disorder and overdose in older adults with breast, colorectal, or prostate cancer

AW Roberts, S Eiffert… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Despite high rates of opioid therapy, evidence about the risk of preventable
opioid harms among cancer survivors is underdeveloped. Our objective was to estimate the …

[HTML][HTML] Views and experiences of opioid access amongst palliative care providers and public representatives in a low-resource setting: A qualitative interview study

J Clark, N Salins, S Daniel, DC Currow… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Opioids (eg morphine) are affordable, effective interventions for cancer-related pain.
However, equity of access to this key medication remains a global challenge, particularly in …

[HTML][HTML] Pneumocystis Jirovecii detection and comparison of multiple diagnostic methods with quantitative real-time PCR in patients with respiratory symptoms

MY Alshahrani, M Alfaifi, I Ahmad… - Saudi journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pneumocystis jirovecii (PCP) remains a significant cause of mortality and morbidity in
patients with respiratory infections. Accurate diagnosis of PCP is still a diagnostic challenge …

[HTML][HTML] Current asbestos exposure and future need for palliative care in India

AV Jadhav, NC Gawde - Indian journal of palliative care, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Asbestos-related diseases (ARDs) are incurable but entirely preventable. Due to India's
continuing use of asbestos, ARD patients will increase to a high number in the next three to …

[HTML][HTML] A cross-sectional web-based survey of medical practitioners in India to assess their knowledge, attitude, prescription practices, and barriers toward opioid …

S Singh, S Prasad, S Bhatnagar, R Lal… - Indian Journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aims: We assessed the current knowledge, attitude, prescribing practices, and barriers
perceived by the Indian medical practitioners in three tertiary care hospitals toward the use …

[HTML][HTML] The burden of cancer-related neuropathic pain: A multi-centric cross-sectional observational study from North India

A Satija, AK Joad, SPS Rana… - Indian Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results: From a total of 261 patients, who were enrolled in the study, 56.7% were male and
their mean age was 50.87 (18–80) years. Fifty-four percent patients had pain with …