Publications by authors named "Clare Hommers"
Objective: We aimed to review the pain management in 100 episodes of severe mucositis in children and determine the incidence of associated side effects.
Background: Mucositis is a painful, debilitating condition affecting the alimentary mucosa and occurs following many anticancer treatments. Severe pain associated with mucositis may necessitate reductions, delays or termination of anticancer therapy and so intravenous morphine, preferably by patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is the treatment of choice.