Biomedical subjects

J Luczak

Publications and source records attributed to J Luczak.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1999

Potential uses of topical opioids in palliative care--report of 6 cases.

Opioids used topically may exercise several useful clinical effects. Opioids may cause immediate local analgesia and also may work indirectly through decreasing the inflammation process. In this article we describe six patients treated with topical opioids because of cutaneous pain due to tumor infiltration. skin ulcers of malignant and non-malignant origin, severe oral mucositis, pain due to knee arthrosis and severe tenesmoid pain. In all but one case, topical morphine provided rapid relief which lasted usually for 7-8 h. The side effects of topical opioids were none or minimal. Possible mechanisms of topical analgesia are discussed.

Administration, Topical↗

PubMed1997

managing pressure sores in palliative care.

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Adolescent↗

PubMed1995

[The quality of life in particular phases of disease in women treated for genital neoplasms].

The authors have performed psychological analysis in women with diagnosed neoplasma of the genital organs. All of them were treated with radiotherapy. The quality of life depended on the phase of the disease in which they had been.

Adult↗

PubMed1993

Palliative/hospice care in Poland.

The first hospice in eastern Europe was the Hospicium in Krakow, which was created 10 years ago. Three years later the leading independent Polish hospice, Hospitium Pallotinum, was founded in Gdansk. This hospice helped to organize more than 20 similar groups, usually Catholic agencies which offer home care programmes. The University Palliative Care Service in the Academy of Medical Sciences in Poznan, which was created in 1988, consists of a home care team caring for 600 patients a year and has a seven-bed inpatient unit. It offers an education programme for physicians, nurses, medical and pharmacy students as well as a research programme. There is currently an academic link between the Poznan Palliative Care service and Sir Michael Sobell House in Oxford, sharing medical and nursing education in palliative care. The educational courses and conferences have been attended by international speakers offering education which will help to change the attitudes of professional health care workers and the public. We hope that the Polish Ministry of Health and Welfare and the government will be interested in establishing policies that will cover the cost of palliative care in the newly developing health care system.

Drug Utilization↗

PubMed1992