Pain treatment for older adults during prehospital emergency care: Variations by patient gender and pain severity

Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 966-974

  Platts Mills, Timothy F ^a   Hunold, Katherine M ^b   Weaver, Mark A ^a   Dickey, Ryan M ^a   Fernandez, Antonio R ^a,c   Fillingim, Roger B ^a,d   Cairns, Charles B ^a   McLean, Samuel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency treatment; geriatrics; Pain; prehospital

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GERIATRICS; PAIN; PREHOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883824883     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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