A randomised controlled trial to test the analgesic efficacy of topical morphine on minor superficial and partial thickness burns in accident and emergency departments

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 408-412

  Anne, Welling ^a  

^a Emergency Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE SULFATE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BURN; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND DRESSING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BANDAGES; BURNS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249901056     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.047324     Document Type: Article

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