Effective analgesia with low-dose ketamine and reduced dose hydromorphone in ED patients with severe pain

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 847-851

  Ahern, Terence L ^a   Herring, Andrew A ^a   Stone, Michael B ^b   Frazee, Bradley W ^a,c  

^a HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROMORPHONE; KETAMINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGITATION; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE PAIN; CANCER PAIN; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RATING SCALE; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; VISION;

ACUTE PAIN; ADULT; ANALGESICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROMORPHONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETAMINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877721408     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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