Equivalency of two concentrations of fentanyl administered by the intranasal route for acute analgesia in children in a paediatric emergency department: A randomized controlled trial

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-208

  Borland, Meredith ^a,b   Milsom, Samantha ^a   Esson, Amanda ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concentration; Fentanyl; Intranasal

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PEDIATRICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79954633632     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01391.x     Document Type: Article

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