Opioid Prescribing Patterns Before and After an Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation.
Mohammad Zafir Al-ShahriAbdulrahman AbdullahAmeena AlansariMahmoud Y SroorPublished in: The American journal of hospice & palliative care (2019)
Patients referred to a PCT are likely to get their opioid prescription optimized and pain scores improved shortly after the PCT involvement. Patients with cancer-related pain requiring opioids should be referred to a PCT as early as possible.
Keyphrases
- chronic pain
- pain management
- palliative care
- end stage renal disease
- advanced cancer
- primary care
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- mental health
- emergency department
- spinal cord injury
- patient reported outcomes
- spinal cord
- patient reported
- adverse drug
- postoperative pain