Oral administration of morphine versus ibuprofen to manage postfracture pain in children: A randomized trial

CMAJ

Volumn 186, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 1358-1363

  Poonai, Naveen ^a   Bhullar, Gina ^a   Lin, Kangrui ^a   Papini, Adam ^a   Mainprize, David ^a   Howard, Jocelyn ^a   Teefy, John ^a   Bale, Michelle ^a   Langford, Cindy ^a   Lim, Rodrick ^a   Stitt, Larry ^a   Rieder, Michael J ^b   Ali, Samina ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d The Women's and Children's Health Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CHILD; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELBOW FRACTURE; FACES PAIN SCALE; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FOREARM FRACTURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IRRITABILITY; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PARALLEL DESIGN; POSTTRAUMATIC PAIN; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPLINT; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; ANALGESIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FRACTURE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84918800204     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.140907     Document Type: Article

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