Morphine and ketamine is superior to morphine alone for out-of-hospital trauma analgesia: A randomized controlled trial

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 497-503

  Jennings, Paul A ^a,b   Cameron, Peter ^b,c   Bernard, Stephen ^a,b,c   Walker, Tony ^a   Jolley, Damien ^b   Fitzgerald, Mark ^a,c   Masci, Kevin ^a  

^a Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; METHOXYFLURANE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NYSTAGMUS; OPEN STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL TRAUMATIC PAIN; PAIN; PAIN PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TACHYCARDIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KETAMINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84861526379     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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