Limited evidence for intranasal fentanyl in the emergency department and the prehospital setting - A systematic review

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hansen, Morten Sejer ^a   Dahl, Jørgen Berg ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AMBULANCE; ANALGESIA; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FENTANYL; HUMANS; PAIN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873271978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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