Pain management in the emergency department (ED) remains suboptimal. Nursing staff protocols could improve this, but studies show divergent results. Our aim was to evaluate a nurse-initiated pain-management protocol in adult patients with traumatic injuries in the short and in the long term, utilizing fentanyl for severe pain. In this pre-post implementation study, ED patients were included during three periods. The protocol allowed nurses to administer acetaminophen, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or fentanyl autonomously, based on Numeric Rating Scale pain scores. Primary outcome was frequency of analgesic administration at 6 and 18 months after implementation. Secondary outcomes were pain awareness, occurrence of adverse events, ...
Background: Majority of the patients presenting to emergency department (ED) have pain. ED oligoanal...
Abstract: Background: Although pain is the most common complaint in the Emergency Department (ED), t...
Objectives: 1) To determine the time difference to analgesia administration for patients with painfu...
Pain management in the emergency department (ED) remains suboptimal. Nursing staff protocols could i...
While acute musculoskeletal pain is a frequent complaint, its management is often neglected. An impl...
Suboptimal management of pain in emergency departments (EDs) remains a problem, despite having been ...
Suboptimal management of pain in emergency departments (EDs) remains a problem, despite having been ...
Traumatic injuries occur very frequently and are almost universally painful. The current thesis desc...
Even though pain is a common symptom in the emergency departments inadequate analgesic and suboptima...
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Aim: This paper reports a systematic literature review evaluating the impact and...
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Acute pain is the most frequent complaint in emergency department (ED) admissions, ...
Pain is the most common complaint among patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). Acute ...
Objective. Evaluation and improvement of pain management in our emergency department (ED). Design. T...
Pain is a very common symptom for patients admitted to Emergency departments (EDs) and its undertrea...
Pain is a very common symptom for patients admitted to Emergency departments (EDs) and its undertrea...
Background: Majority of the patients presenting to emergency department (ED) have pain. ED oligoanal...
Abstract: Background: Although pain is the most common complaint in the Emergency Department (ED), t...
Objectives: 1) To determine the time difference to analgesia administration for patients with painfu...
Pain management in the emergency department (ED) remains suboptimal. Nursing staff protocols could i...
While acute musculoskeletal pain is a frequent complaint, its management is often neglected. An impl...
Suboptimal management of pain in emergency departments (EDs) remains a problem, despite having been ...
Suboptimal management of pain in emergency departments (EDs) remains a problem, despite having been ...
Traumatic injuries occur very frequently and are almost universally painful. The current thesis desc...
Even though pain is a common symptom in the emergency departments inadequate analgesic and suboptima...
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Aim: This paper reports a systematic literature review evaluating the impact and...
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Acute pain is the most frequent complaint in emergency department (ED) admissions, ...
Pain is the most common complaint among patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). Acute ...
Objective. Evaluation and improvement of pain management in our emergency department (ED). Design. T...
Pain is a very common symptom for patients admitted to Emergency departments (EDs) and its undertrea...
Pain is a very common symptom for patients admitted to Emergency departments (EDs) and its undertrea...
Background: Majority of the patients presenting to emergency department (ED) have pain. ED oligoanal...
Abstract: Background: Although pain is the most common complaint in the Emergency Department (ED), t...
Objectives: 1) To determine the time difference to analgesia administration for patients with painfu...