Effectiveness of opioid switching for dyspnea and its predictors in cancer patients: a single-center retrospective observational study.

Yoshihiro YamamotoShion TanakaKatsuhiko MatsuuraSeiji YamamotoKimihiko UranoJunya OkitaEisuke KatoTakuya OdagiriYuko Deguchi

Published in: Japanese journal of clinical oncology (2024)

This study indicates that opioid switching for dyspnea may have some effect. Furthermore, opioid switching for dyspnea may be more effective in older patients and less effective in terminally ill patients or in those with cachexia.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
prognostic factors
cross sectional