NICE Opioids in Palliative Care (Clinical Guideline 140) – A Guideline Summary

NICE Opioids in Palliative Care (Clinical Guideline 140) – A Guideline Summary

Historically, morphine has been the drug of choice due to low cost and availability. Two systematic reviews collating nine randomised trials have supported the administration of morphine over common alternatives oxycodone and hydromorphone. These drugs can be easily administered orally by crushing, or in a liquid form, and provide similar pain relief and side effects. However, morphine is still...

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NICE prostate cancer clinical guideline: implications for primary care.

NICE prostate cancer clinical guideline: implications for primary care organisation and guidance on the symptomatic management of urinary symptoms, sexual function, bowel problems, and the management of comorbidity. Other guidance covers primary care diagnostic issues and supportive and palliative care. 3,4 Much of the guideline concerns procedures in secondary care, and the value of this to GP...

compilation of the neonatal palliative care clinical guideline in neonatal intensive care unit

abstract background: clinical guidelines are important instruments for increasing the quality of clinical practice in the treatment team. compilation of clinical guidelines is important due to special condition of the neonates and the nurses facing critical conditions in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu). with 98% of neonatal deaths occurring in nicus in the hospitals, it is important to ...

Prescribing strong opioids for pain in adult palliative care: summary of NICE guidance.