Is all pain is treated equally? A multicenter evaluation of acute pain care by age

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2568-2574

  Hwang, Ula ^a,b   Belland, Laura K ^a   Handel, Daniel A ^c,d   Yadav, Kabir ^e   Heard, Kennon ^f   Rivera Reyes, Laura ^a   Eisenberg, Amanda ^e   Noble, Matthew J ^d   Mekala, Sudha ^d   Valley, Morgan ^f   Winkel, Gary ^a   Todd, Knox H ^g   Morrison, R Sean ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pain care; Emergency department; Geriatrics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; CODEINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; FENTANYL; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; KETOROLAC; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; OXYCODONE PLUS PARACETAMOL; PARACETAMOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ACUTE PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALGESICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922714195     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.09.017     Document Type: Article

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