Trends in opioid analgesic use for headaches in US emergency departments

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1068-1073

  Mazer Amirshahi, Maryann ^a,b   Dewey, Kayla ^a   Mullins, Peter M ^c   Van Den Anker, John ^b,c,d,e   Pines, Jesse M ^c   Perrone, Jeanmarie ^f   Nelson, Lewis ^g  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BUTALBITAL; CODEINE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; INFUSION FLUID; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921625564     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.07.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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