An open-label randomised controlled trial on the efficacy of adding intranasal fentanyl to intravenous tramadol in patients with moderate to severe pain following acute musculoskeletal injuries

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 601-605

  Chew, Keng Sheng ^a   Shaharudin, Abdul Hafiz ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fentanyl; Intranasal drug administration; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; TRAMADOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN SEVERITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMNOLENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANALGESIA; BONE; INJURIES; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BONE AND BONES; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85032490937     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2016096     Document Type: Article

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