Outcome of opioid switching 4 weeks after discharge from a palliative care unit

Sebastiano MercadanteAnesthesia and Intensive Care Unit and Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit, La Maddalena Cancer Center, University of Palermo, and Palliative Medicine, University of Palermo Palermo, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]

Patrizia FerreraAnesthesia and Intensive Care Unit and Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit, La Maddalena Cancer Center, University of Palermo Palermo, Italy

Alessandra CasuccioDepartment of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neuroscience, University of Palermo Palermo, Italy

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