Evidence-based strategies for the pharmacological management of pediatric pain during minor procedures in the emergency department

Topics in Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-137

  Hatfield, Linda ^a   Messner, Eric R ^a   Lingg, Kelli ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Emergency department; Pediatric pain

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COCAINE; EMLA; IBUPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TETRACAINE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANALGESIA; BLEEDING; BRONCHOSPASM; CANNULATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL IRRITATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LACERATION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REYE SYNDROME; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; VEIN PUNCTURE; WOUND CARE;

EID: 33746583197     PISSN: 01642340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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