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Low Vitamin D Levels Are Associated with Higher Opioid Dose in Palliative Cancer Patients – Results from an Observational Study in Sweden

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency is common among palliative cancer patients and has been connected to an increased risk for pain, depressions and infections. Therefore we wanted to test the hypothesis that low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels are associated with higher opioid dose, higher infectio...

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Autores principales: Bergman, Peter, Sperneder, Susanne, Höijer, Jonas, Bergqvist, Jenny, Björkhem-Bergman, Linda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4446094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26018761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128223