Cancer Pain ManagementDeborah B. McGuire, Connie Henke Yarbro Grune & Stratton, 1987 - 286 pages |
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Page 57
... Oral trauma interacts with these processes to produce severe degradation of tissue . Oral mucositis occurs in more than 40 percent of all chemotherapy patients as a direct consequence of treatment.43 Hemorrhage and infections can ...
... Oral trauma interacts with these processes to produce severe degradation of tissue . Oral mucositis occurs in more than 40 percent of all chemotherapy patients as a direct consequence of treatment.43 Hemorrhage and infections can ...
Page 184
... oral - parenteral analgesic poten- cies of various narcotic drugs . Drugs such as morphine and oxymorphone have relatively low oral to parenteral potency ratios , whereas other drugs such as codeine , oxycodone , and methadone have ...
... oral - parenteral analgesic poten- cies of various narcotic drugs . Drugs such as morphine and oxymorphone have relatively low oral to parenteral potency ratios , whereas other drugs such as codeine , oxycodone , and methadone have ...
Page 190
... oral narcotics may provide effective anal- gesia for moderate to severe pain . As the disease progresses , however , oral medications may become ineffective or poorly tolerated at the dosage or schedule required to maintain a pain ...
... oral narcotics may provide effective anal- gesia for moderate to severe pain . As the disease progresses , however , oral medications may become ineffective or poorly tolerated at the dosage or schedule required to maintain a pain ...
Contents
Prevalence and Profile of Pain | 21 |
Painful Complications of Cancer Diagnosis | 47 |
Issues in Cancer Pain Management | 69 |
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