Cancer Pain ManagementDeborah B. McGuire, Connie Henke Yarbro Grune & Stratton, 1987 - 286 pages |
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... percent of pain problems in an inpatient population and for 25 percent among outpa- tients . Pain occurring as a result of surgery , chemotherapy , or radiation therapy was included . Another category of pain syndromes involves those ...
... percent of pain problems in an inpatient population and for 25 percent among outpa- tients . Pain occurring as a result of surgery , chemotherapy , or radiation therapy was included . Another category of pain syndromes involves those ...
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... percent had metastases from extra- abdominal tumors . Seventy percent of patients had pain as the presenting symptom , followed weeks to months later by paresthesias and weakness . In one - third of the patients , there was a lag time ...
... percent had metastases from extra- abdominal tumors . Seventy percent of patients had pain as the presenting symptom , followed weeks to months later by paresthesias and weakness . In one - third of the patients , there was a lag time ...
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... percent of surgical patients experience little or mild postoperative pain that does not require opioid therapy , 30 percent have moderate pain , and 40 percent have severe or very severe pain . Such pain occurs most frequently and is ...
... percent of surgical patients experience little or mild postoperative pain that does not require opioid therapy , 30 percent have moderate pain , and 40 percent have severe or very severe pain . Such pain occurs most frequently and is ...
Contents
Prevalence and Profile of Pain | 21 |
Painful Complications of Cancer Diagnosis | 47 |
Issues in Cancer Pain Management | 69 |
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