Association of pain score documentation and analgesic use in a pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1287-1292

  Kellogg, Kathryn M ^a   Fairbanks, Rollin J ^b,c,d,e   O'Connor, Alec B ^f   Davis, Colleen O ^e,g   Shah, Manish N ^e,h,i  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Departments of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^f Pediat Pathol Transplant U   (United States)

^g Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics   (United States)

^h Departments of Family Medicine   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

analgesics; documentation; pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; METHADONE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; OXYCODONE; OXYCODONE PLUS PARACETAMOL; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE;

AGE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY ANALYSIS;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NARCOTICS; NEW YORK; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE;

EID: 84871633030     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31827687e6     Document Type: Article

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