Extreme opioid-induced constipation in advanced cancer: successful management.
Sebastiano MercadanteMarina GueciPublished in: BMJ supportive & palliative care (2021)
Unrecognised and untreated constipation may be a serious risk for complications, including definitive obstruction due to faecal impact or perforation due to the hypertensive intraluminal state. An intensive approach in an acute supportive palliative care unit may resolve the clinical picture allowing the resumption of intestinal transit in a short period of time.
Keyphrases
- advanced cancer
- palliative care
- drug induced
- irritable bowel syndrome
- liver failure
- high glucose
- blood pressure
- chronic pain
- pain management
- diabetic rats
- respiratory failure
- climate change
- risk factors
- aortic dissection
- locally advanced
- squamous cell carcinoma
- oxidative stress
- radiation therapy
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- mechanical ventilation