Symmetrical activity of the chewing muscles and its relationship with skeletal class and body posture.

Objective: To describe the role of body posture and skeletal class in the symmetrical activity of chewing muscles.

Methods: Descriptive study with association. Skeletal class measured by the Steiner method.

First-line methadone for cancer pain: titration time analysis.

Background: Methadone is a low-cost, strong opioid that is increasingly used as a first-line treatment for pain in palliative care (PC). Its long and unpredictable half-life and slow elimination phase can make titration challenging. Evidence for titration modalities is scarce.

[Interconsultation on palliative care for patients with cancer in a general hospital. Features and opportunity].

The international recommendations point to the early integration of palliative care (PC) in cancer through simultaneous care and training of primary teams. The PC Unit of the Hospital General de Agudos E. Tornú conducts interconsultations for hospitalized patients in the hospital and provides training to the treatment teams.

Methadone as first-line opioid treatment for cancer pain in a developing country palliative care unit.

Purpose: The use of methadone for cancer pain is limited by the need of expertise and close titration due to variable half-life. Yet, it is a helpful palliative strategy in low-resources countries given its long-acting effect at low cost and worth additional study. Our aim was to describe the prescription and outcomes of methadone as a first-line treatment for cancer pain in a tertiary palliative care unit (PCU) in Argentina.