## BACKGROUND. Elderly patients are more likely to be affected by the acute and chronic toxicities of opioids, but an association between age and long term opioid consumption has not been established clearly in patients with advanced cancer. ## METHODS. The computerized records of 197 cancer pa
Pain management in the opioid-addicted patient with cancer
β Scribed by Mark Hoffman; Anastas Provatas; Anne Lyver; Ronald Kanner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 222 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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