Pain management practices in paediatric emergency departments in Australia and New Zealand: A clinical and organizational audit by national health and medical research council's national institute of clinical studies and paediatric research in emergency departments international collaborative: Paediatric emergency medicine

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-221

  Herd, David W ^b   Babl, Franz E ^a,b   Gilhotra, Yuri ^b   Huckson, Sue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Child; Evidence based medicine; Pain; Pain assessment

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; METHOXYFLURANE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TRAMADOL; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRAINE; NERVE BLOCK; NEW ZEALAND; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESICS; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE;

EID: 67650914585     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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