A fentanyl-based pain management protocol provides early analgesia for adult trauma patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 819-826

  Curtis, Kevin M ^a   Henriques, Horace F ^a   Fanciullo, Gilbert ^a   Reynolds, Cecily M ^b   Suber, Freeman ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia protocol; Fentanyl; Pain management; Trauma

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE DRUG DOSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 37349004083     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000240979.31046.98     Document Type: Article

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