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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Enting, Roelien H
• Oldenmenger, Wendy H
• van der Rijt, Carin CD
• Koper, Peter
• Lieverse, Paul J
• Smitt Sillevis, Peter AE

Titel

Nitrous oxide is not beneficial for breakthrough cancer pain

Ist Teil von

• Palliative medicine, 2002-05, Vol.16 (3), p.257-259

Ort / Verlag

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

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Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A nitrous oxide and oxygen mixture has been used for decades as an analgesic in midwifery, dental surgery, or traumatology with immediate pain relief lasting for up to 15 minutes following inhalation. A pilot study with nitrous oxide for breakthrough pain unresponsive to rescue opioids was performed in 10 cancer patients. Results suggest that the efficacy of nitrous oxide in cancer pain is still unproven. (Quotes from original text)