Opioid Prescribing Patterns Before and After an Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation.
CONCLUSION: Patients referred to a PCT are likely to get their opioid prescription optimized and pain scores improved shortly after the PCT involvement. Patients with cancer-related pain requiring opioids should be referred to a PCT as early as possible.
PMID: 31876160 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Al-Shahri MZ, Abdullah A, Alansari A, Sroor M Tags: Am J Hosp Palliat Care Source Type: research
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