A survey of intranasal medication use in the paediatric emergency setting in England and Wales

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 553-554

  Hadley, Graeme ^a   Maconochie, Ian ^a   Jackson, Abigail ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN RECEPTOR; PEDIATRIC WARD; PH; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SAFETY; SEDATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; CHILD; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEROIN; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MIDAZOLAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; WALES;

EID: 77954162818     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.072538     Document Type: Article

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