Barriers to the use of buccal and intranasal fentanyl for breakthrough pain in paediatric palliative care: an exploratory survey

BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2018 Sep;8(3):355-356. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001413. Epub 2017 Aug 11.
No abstract available

Keywords: breakthrough pain; buccal; fentanyl; intranasal; paediatrics; pain.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Buccal
  • Administration, Intranasal
  • Adolescent
  • Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage*
  • Breakthrough Pain / drug therapy*
  • Breakthrough Pain / etiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Fentanyl / administration & dosage*
  • Health Care Surveys
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Palliative Care / methods*
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Fentanyl