Controlling breakthrough pain in palliative care
Nici Evans Head of Education, St David’s Foundation, Newport, Gwent
Anne Palmer Research Nurse, St David’s Foundation, Newport, Gwent
This article challenges the common practice of boosting the syringe driver as a means of controlling breakthrough pain. The authors offer some guidelines for good practice for managing the MS26 syringe driver when used for pain control.
Nursing Standard.
13, 7, 53-54.
doi: 10.7748/ns1998.11.13.7.53.c2551
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