Pharmacological treatment of cancer pain and opioid induced nausea and vomiting: online survey and comparison with current guidelines
Jan Gaertner,
Christopher Boehlke,
Gudrun Kreye
et al.
Abstract:Purpose
We assumed that in Palliative Care, even in common clinical situations, the choice of drugs differs substantially between physicians. Therefore, we assessed the practice of pharmaceutical treatment choices of physicians for cancer pain and opioid-induced nausea and vomiting (OINV) and the rationale for their choices.
Methods
An online survey was conducted with physicians covering the following domains: i) Cancer pain therapy: non-opioids in… Show more
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