Retrospective comparison of emergency department length of stay for procedural sedation and analgesia by nurse practitioners and physicians

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 709-712

  Wood, Charene ^a,b   Hurley, Colleen ^a   Wettlaufer, Julie ^a   Penque, Michelle ^a,c   Shaha, Steven H ^a   Lillis, Kathleen ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse practitioner; Procedural sedation

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FINGER; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LACERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALGESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW YORK; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIANS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37349075088     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318155ade4     Document Type: Article

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