Inhaled methoxyflurane as a prehospital analgesic in children

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 404-410

  Babl, Franz E ^a,b   Jamison, Sarah R ^a   Spicer, Maureen ^a   Bernard, Stephen ^c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Children; Methoxyflurane; Prehospital

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; METHOXYFLURANE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AMBULANCE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURN; CHILD; CONFUSION; COUGHING; DEVICE; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FACE INJURY; HALLUCINATION; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INHALER; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHOXYFLURANE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 33745545513     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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