Opioid needs of terminally ill patients with gynecologic malignancies

Fumi Utsumi,Hiroaki Kajiyama,Jun Sakata,Makiko Higashi,Kaoru Niimi,Ryuichiro Sekiya,Hiroko Mitsui,Shiro Suzuki,Tomokazu Umezu,Mika Mizuno,Eiko Yamamoto,Kiyosumi Shibata,Fumitaka Kikkawa

Opioid needs of terminally ill patients with gynecologic malignancies

2015

Fumi Utsumi
Hiroaki Kajiyama
Jun Sakata
Makiko Higashi
Kaoru Niimi
Ryuichiro Sekiya
Hiroko Mitsui
Shiro Suzuki
Tomokazu Umezu
Mika Mizuno
Eiko Yamamoto
Kiyosumi Shibata
Fumitaka Kikkawa

Background Little is known about patterns and predictive factors regarding opioid use for terminally ill patients with gynecologic malignancies. The aim of this study was to elucidate predictors affecting opioid requirements of end-of-life patients with gynecologic malignancies.

Keywords:

Pathology
Opioid
Cancer-Related Pain
Medicine
terminally ill
gynecologic malignancy
Surgical oncology
opioid use

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