Drug use evaluation of opioid analgesics in pain management among patients with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients usually experience mucositis, musculoskeletal pain associated with high-dose chemotherapy, radiation, post-HSCT infection, or graft-versus-host disease. Pain management is important for the patients' quality of life. We evaluated appropriate opioid analgesic use in HSCT patients to propose effective pain management strategies.

Methods

A retrospective analysis was conducted using electronic medical records of adult patients with HSCT treated with opioids for moderate to severe pain at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. The numeric rating scale (NRS) was used in pain management. NRS scores of 4‒10 correspond to moderate to severe pain. Appropriate opioid analgesic use was evaluated following published

SUBMITTER: Oh HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7536558 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature