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ArticleJournal of palliative medicine2022

Opioid Rotation and Conversion Ratios Used by Palliative Care Professionals: An International Survey.

Akhila Reddy, Christian Sinclair, Gregory B Crawford, Mary Lynn McPherson, Sebastiano Mercadante, David Hui, Ali Haider, Joseph Arthur, Kimberson Tanco, Shalini Dalal and 10 more

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Article in Journal of palliative medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Opioid-induced neurotoxicity after opioid conversion to methadone in patients with cancer pain using the stop-and-go method: A multicenter retrospective cohort study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  6. Opioid analgesic dose and route conversion ratio studies: a scoping review to inform an eDelphi guideline.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  7. Opioid-induced Neurotoxicity in Patients with Cancer Pain.Current treatment options in oncology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.

Akhila ReddyDepartment of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Christian SinclairDivision of Palliative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8768-7519
Gregory B CrawfordNorthern Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, Australia.
Mary Lynn McPhersonDepartment of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Sebastiano MercadanteAnesthesia and Intensive Care Unit and Pain Relief and Supportive-Palliative Care Unit, La Maddalena Cancer Center, Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9859-6487
David HuiDepartment of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Ali HaiderDepartment of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Joseph ArthurDepartment of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Kimberson TancoDepartment of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Shalini DalalDepartment of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Rony DevDepartment of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7283-0519
Jaya Amaram-DavilaDepartment of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Claudio AdileAnesthesia and Intensive Care Unit and Pain Relief and Supportive-Palliative Care Unit, La Maddalena Cancer Center, Palermo, Italy.
Diane LiuDepartment of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Ulrich SchulerUniversitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, PalliativCentrum & Medizinische Klinik, Dresden, Germany.
Sheetal JammiCandidate for Bachelor of Science in Biology and Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Zeena ShelalDepartment of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Egidio Del FabbroDepartment of Internal Medicine, Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Mellar DavisDepartment of Palliative Care, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA.
Eduardo BrueraDepartment of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USLa Maddalena · ITAugusta University Health · USBaylor College of Medicine · USGeisinger Medical Center · USUniversity Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DEUniversity of Kansas Medical Center · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USWomen's and Children's Health Network · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Analgesics, OpioidNeoplasmsFentanylHumansHydromorphoneMorphinePalliative CareSurveys and QuestionnairesAnalgesics, OpioidFentanylHydromorphoneMorphinecancer painconversion ratiomorphine equivalent daily doseopioid rotationopioid rotation ratiopalliative care

Identifiers

PMID35930252
PMCPMC9836667
OpenAlexW4290015392

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Registered trials

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