Topical therapy for pain management in malignant fungating wounds: A scoping review.

Suzana Aparecida da Costa Ferreira Carol Viviana Serna González Magali Thum Adriane Aparecida da Costa Faresin Kevin Woo Vera Lúcia Conceição de Gouveia Santos

Published in: Journal of clinical nursing (2022)

Highlighted topical therapies for clinical practice consideration are opioids, anaesthetics and antimicrobials, with positive results described in randomised clinical trials. This study did not include patients.

Keyphrases

pain management
clinical trial
chronic pain
end stage renal disease
clinical practice
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
wound healing
open label
prognostic factors
phase ii
patient reported