Patient-controlled analgesia compared with interval analgesic dosing for reducing complications in blunt thoracic trauma: A retrospective cohort study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1024-1028

  Asha, Stephen Edward ^a,b   Curtis, Kate Anne ^a,c,d   Taylor, Colman ^d   Kwok, Allan ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTUSION; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX DRAINAGE; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887828635     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201980     Document Type: Article

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