Opioid-Related Side Effects and Management

Affiliations

¹ UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, 757 Westwood Plaza #3325, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. apoon@mednet.ucla.edu.
² UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Andrea Poon et al. Cancer Treat Res. 2021.

. 2021:182:97-105.

doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-81526-4_7.

¹ UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, 757 Westwood Plaza #3325, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. apoon@mednet.ucla.edu.
² UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Abstract

The following areas will be discussed in relation to opioid-related side effects and approaches to their management in the cancer patient.

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