• J Pain Symptom Manage · Sep 1989

    Influence of the pain and symptom control team (PSCT) on the patterns of treatment of pain and other symptoms in a cancer center.

    • E Bruera, C Brenneis, M Michaud, and R N MacDonald.
    • J Pain Symptom Manage. 1989 Sep 1;4(3):112-6.

    AbstractTo assess the influence of a pain and symptom control team on the pattern of prescription of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments for cancer pain, we reviewed the charts of 100 consecutive patients admitted to the Cross Cancer Institute during 1987 and 100 patients admitted during 1984. The average daily dose of parenteral morphine per patient was 44 +/- 26 mg in 1987 versus 34 +/- 38 mg in 1984 (p less than 0.05). In 1987 and 1984, only 31 and 22% of the analgesics were ordered around the clock respectively (P:NS). Approximately half of the patients in 1987 and 1984 were prescribed antiemetics and two-thirds of the patients were prescribed laxatives. Parenteral narcotics were prescribed subcutaneously in 0/52 cases in 1984 versus 21/63 cases in 1987 (33%, p less than 0.01). The pattern of prescription of narcotics by residents changed significantly during the last four weeks of rotation as compared to the first four weeks. We conclude that there have been some changes in the modality of treatment of pain that are probably due to changes in the pattern of prescription by the residents and continued improvement in assessment of pain by nurses. However, in several areas of treatment the impact of a pain and symptom control team remains minimal.

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