Palliative and EoL

Question 1

Pain
- assesment
- types

Question 2

Analgesics
- who ladder
- non opioids
- adjuvants
- weak opioids
- strong opioids
- neuropathic pain

Question 3

Side effects of opioids
- common initial
- common on going
- less common
- rare
- patient anxieties

Question 4

Stepping up
- available forms of morphine
- codeine to morphine ratio
- TDD vs TDD/2 vs TDD/6
- oral to subcut ratio
- oral to IV ratio

Question 5

Prescribing opioids
- do
- dont
- opioid toxicity

Question 6

Controlled drug prescription
- requirements
- abbreviations

Question 7

Palliative care
- definition of palliative care
- definition of end of life care
- common causes of death in UK
- a good death
- barriers to recognising deterioration
- SPICT
- general indicatiors of decline
- clinical fraility scale

Question 8

Nausea and vomiting in cancer patients
- causes
- pathophysiology

Question 9

Anti-emetics indications and receptors
- haloperidol
- Metoclopramide
- cyclizine
- ondansetron
- aprepitant
- dual therapy you CANNOT do

Question 10

Constipation
- defintion/symptoms
- causes
- laxative classes and actions