Comparative review of the clinical use of intranasal fentanyl versus morphine in a paediatric emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 515-520

  Borland, Meredith Louise ^a,b   Clark, Lisa Jayne ^a   Esson, Amanda ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency; Intranasal fentanyl; Paediatric; Time to analgesia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; ARM INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FRACTURE; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ARM INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149311181     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01138.x     Document Type: Review

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