Expedited Delivery of Pain Medication for Long-Bone Fractures Using an Intranasal Fentanyl Clinical Pathway

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 560-563

  Schacherer, Nicole Marie ^a,b   Ramirez, Dana Erikson ^a,b   Frazier, Steven Barron ^b   Perkins, Amy M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

fentanyl; intranasal; morphine; pain; pathway

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION STUDY; FACES PAIN SCALE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG BONE; LONG BONE FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEBULIZER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FRACTURES, BONE; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939548476     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000435     Document Type: Article

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