A prospective randomized pilot comparison of intranasal fentanyl and intramuscular morphine for analgesia in children presenting to the emergency department with clinical fractures

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 90-94

  Younge, Paul A ^a,b   Nicol, Mark F ^a   Kendall, Jason M ^a   Harrington, Anthony P ^a  

^a NAMBOUR GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Emergency Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Fentanyl; Intranasal; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002995548     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.1999.00020.x     Document Type: Article

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