Emergency department crowding and analgesic delay in pediatric sickle cell pain crises

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 911-917

  Shenoi, Rohit ^a   Ma, Long ^a   Syblik, Dorothy ^b   Yusuf, Shabana ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department crowding; pediatric analgesia; sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PAIN; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TEXAS;

EID: 80054001598     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182302871     Document Type: Article

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