Scheduled and Breakthrough Opioid Use for Cancer Pain in an Inpatient Setting at a Tertiary Cancer Hospital

Scheduled and Breakthrough Opioid Use for Cancer Pain in an Inpatient Setting at a Tertiary Cancer Hospital

<b>Background</b>: Our aim was to examine the frequency and prescription pattern of breakthrough (BTO) and scheduled (SCH) opioids and their ratio (BTO/SCH ratio) of use, prior to and after referral to an inpatient supportive care consult (SCC) for cancer pain management (CPM). <b>...

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Main Authors: Aline Rozman de Moraes, Elif Erdogan, Ahsan Azhar, Suresh K. Reddy, Zhanni Lu, Joshua A. Geller, David Mill Graves, Michal J. Kubiak, Janet L. Williams, Jimin Wu, Eduardo Bruera, Sriram Yennurajalingam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-03-01
Series:Current Oncology
Subjects:
cancer pain
hospitalized patients
breakthrough opioids
daily opioid dose
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/31/3/101

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