Intranasal fentanyl for analgesia in the paediatric emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 300-301

  Finn, Maria ^a   Harris, Dan ^a  

^a KINGSTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CRUSH TRAUMA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HEROIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950803849     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.070474     Document Type: Article

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