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[Treatment of cancer pain in Mali: Experience of the mother-child medical oncology service of the CHU in Bamako].
- Source :
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Bulletin du cancer [Bull Cancer] 2021 Dec; Vol. 108 (12), pp. 1112-1119. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 20. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Two hundred patients were refereed for advanced cancer to the oncology department of Luxembourg Hospital in Bamako. All these patients reported intense pain (88 %) which was only treated before admission by OMS level 1 analgesics. It clearly shows that cancer pain is undertreated in Malian peripheral sanitary structures. After evaluation of the pain by analog visual and verbal scales patients, the appropriate analgesic drugs such as morphine (OMS level 3) were given. A control of the pain was obtained in all the patients (100 %) with a dramatic improvement in quality of life. This study emphasizes the need for a pain control program at the Malian state level with a basic education of care givers, hospital-centric networks and access to morphine and opioids at the different levels involved in cancer management.<br /> (Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Cancer Care Facilities
Cancer Pain diagnosis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Mali
Maternal-Child Health Services
Middle Aged
Pain Measurement methods
Patient Acuity
Prospective Studies
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic therapeutic use
Analgesics, Opioid therapeutic use
Cancer Pain drug therapy
Morphine therapeutic use
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- French
- ISSN :
- 1769-6917
- Volume :
- 108
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Bulletin du cancer
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34688484
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bulcan.2021.08.007