Prevalence of morphine use and time to initial analgesia in an Australian emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-143

  Forero, Roberto ^a,b,d   Mohsin, Mohammed ^c,d   McCarthy, Sally ^e   Young, Lis ^a,b   Ieraci, Sue ^f   Hillman, Ken ^a,b   Santiano, Nancy ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^g   Phung, Hai ^a,b  

^a Liverpool Health Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Centre for Research Evidence Management and Surveillance (REMS)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Pain management; Time to initial analgesia

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; KIDNEY COLIC; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 41549139628     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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