[HTML][HTML] The Role of Ketamine as a Component of Multimodal Analgesia in Burns: A Retrospective Observational Study

M Stojanović, M Marinković, B Miličić, M Stojičić… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Burn wound dressing and debridement are excruciatingly painful procedures
that call for appropriate analgesia—typically multimodal. Better post-procedural pain …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the time to pain relief in the emergency department through triage nurse-initiated analgesia-a quasi-experimental study from Ethiopia

M Kefyalew, N Deyassa, U Gidey, M Temesgen… - African Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Pain management is crucial for improving patients' quality of care. Persistent
pain has been linked to higher depression, anxiety, and work-related difficulties. This study …

[HTML][HTML] PoCUS identification of distal biceps tendon rupture: a case report

N Ali, A Tan, J Chenkin - International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background In the Emergency Department (ED), patients may present with various
injuries that damage muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bony structures. Fractures, joint …

Improving door-to-analgesia timing in musculoskeletal injuries in an academic emergency department in India: a quality improvement project

A Kumaran, SM Ayyan, SN Sindujaa - BMJ Open Quality, 2024 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Introduction Pain, more frequently due to musculoskeletal injuries, is a prevalent concern in
emergency departments (EDs). Timely analgesic administration is paramount in the acute …

Sublingual Sufentanil: an option for pre-hospital pain management in trauma patients

G Pucciarelli, E Lucenti, A Andreucci… - Emergency Care …, 2023 - pagepressjournals.org
Non-commercial use only tion, and lower side effects, Sufentanil could be administered not
only by physicians but also by the nursing staff. For example, it could be fundamental to …

[HTML][HTML] On-Arrival Lumbar Epidural Analgesia for Lower Limb Trauma Pain in Emergency Care: A Superiority Randomized Controlled Trial

A Jain, S Pandey, S Sonakar, P Gupta, R Chaurasia… - Cureus, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Lower limb trauma in emergency settings often leads to pain management
challenges. Traditional methods, primarily non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) …

Four good reasons to choose ketamine in the emergency department. A case series and literature review

F Belviso, E Poggiali, E Ioannilli… - Emergency Care …, 2024 - pagepressjournals.org
Ketamine is a fast-acting N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist that can be
used in a range of clinical scenarios in the pre-hospital setting and emergency department …

Emergency nurses' perceptions and practices in assessing and managing acute pain in critically ill adult patients: a mixed-methods study

W Varndell - 2023 - opus.lib.uts.edu.au
Background: Over three-quarters of patients presenting to an emergency department (ED)
do so due to pain; of note, over 60% of critically ill patients experience severe pain that is …

[HTML][HTML] IV Acetaminophen for Acute Pain in Emergency Departments: CADTH Health Technology Review

K Brett, M Severn - 2023 - europepmc.org
For adults with moderate to severe pain in the emergency department (ED), IV
acetaminophen may offer similar levels of pain relief and a similar risk of adverse events as …

When the solution is not on the tip but under the tongue

E Poggiali, L Ghiadoni, S Serra - Emergency Care Journal, 2023 - pagepressjournals.org
Non-commercial use only settings, although to date some legal restrictions limit their use to
only certain medications in Italy. 13 As reported in the study by Viglino et al., a nurse …