Adult emergency department patients with sickle cell pain crisis: A learning collaborative model to improve analgesic management

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-407

  Tanabe, Paula ^a   Artz, Nicole ^b   Courtney, D Mark ^a   Martinovich, Zoran ^a   Weiss, Kevin B ^a,c   Zvirbulis, Elena ^a   Hafner, John W ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c American Board of Medical Specialties   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesic management; Emergency; Learning collaborative; Pain; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE SULFATE; OXYCODONE PLUS PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG CHOICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951079057     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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