The pattern of change in opioid and adjuvant prescriptions for cancer pain before and after referral to a comprehensive program in the Palliative Care Center in Kuwait.
Ameena Mohammed Al-AnsariWafaa Mostafa Abd-El-GawadSobhi Mostafa AboSereaEman El Sayed ElShereafyFatma Abdel Shakor AliMohammed Abd Elaziz ElSayedPublished in: BMC palliative care (2021)
After referral to the Palliative Care Center, patients' pain and other symptoms scores decreased significantly, even with lower median morphine equivalent daily doses, arguably through more appropriately directed opioid use. This is evidence for the effectiveness of the comprehensive program at the Palliative Care Center in Kuwait.
Keyphrases
- palliative care
- chronic pain
- advanced cancer
- pain management
- end stage renal disease
- primary care
- neuropathic pain
- quality improvement
- randomized controlled trial
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- early stage
- peritoneal dialysis
- papillary thyroid
- spinal cord injury
- sleep quality
- young adults
- squamous cell