As‐needed opioid dosing for emergency patients with a daily use of opioids

Background Patients with a daily use of opioids have a higher risk of insufficient pain treatment during hospitalization than other patients. This study aimed to examine whether as‐needed opioid doses (PRN) were adequately adjusted when patients were admitted to the emergency department (ED) with pa...

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Published in:Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 2024-03, Vol.68 (3), p.410-416
Main Authors: Galili, Stine Fjendbo, Nikolajsen, Lone, Bech, Bodil Hammer, Kirkegaard, Hans, Ahrensberg, Jette
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Pain - drug therapy
Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use
Dosage
Emergency medical care
Emergency medical services
emergency medicine
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Narcotics
opioid tolerance
Opioids
Pain
Pain Management
Patients
Risk
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Summary:Background Patients with a daily use of opioids have a higher risk of insufficient pain treatment during hospitalization than other patients. This study aimed to examine whether as‐needed opioid doses (PRN) were adequately adjusted when patients were admitted to the emergency department (ED) with pain. Methods Patients, with a daily use of opioids, who received PRN opioid within the first 3 h after admission at the ED at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, were prospectively included from February 2021 to June 2021. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients receiving an inadequate initial dose of PRN opioid, here defined as
ISSN:0001-5172
1399-6576
DOI:10.1111/aas.14351