Intranasal fentanyl spray versus intravenous opioids for the treatment of severe pain in patients with cancer in the emergency department setting: A randomized controlled trial

OBJECTIVE: Intranasal fentanyl (INF) quickly and noninvasively relieves severe pain, whereas intravenous hydromorphone (IVH) reliably treats severe cancer pain but requires vascular access. The trial evaluated the efficacy of INF relative to IVH for treating cancer patients with severe pain in an em...

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Autores principales: Banala, Srinivas R., Khattab, Osama K., Page, Valda D., Warneke, Carla L., Todd, Knox H., Yeung, Sai-Ching Jim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7351205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32649717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235461

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