Nebulized fentanyl versus intravenous morphine in children with suspected limb fractures in the emergency department: A randomized controlled trial

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-209

  Furyk, Jeremy S ^a   Grabowski, Walter J ^b   Black, Lisa H ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Brockton Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Fentanyl; Opioid; Paediatric; Pain

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FIBULA FRACTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LIMB FRACTURE; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NEBULIZATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA FRACTURE; ULNA FRACTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAL SIGN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MORPHINE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650869291     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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