Pain Research and Management (Jan 2015)

Multiple Interventions Improve Analgesic Treatment of Supracondylar Fractures in a Pediatric Emergency Department

  • Robert N Porter,
  • Roger E Chafe,
  • Leigh A Newhook,
  • Kyle D Murnaghan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/970683
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 4
pp. 173 – 178

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Provision of appropriate and timely treatment for pain in the pediatric population has been challenging. Children with painful conditions commonly present to emergency departments (EDs), a setting in which it may be particularly difficult to consistently provide timely analgesic interventions.