TY - JOUR
T1 - Morphine versus fentanyl for pain due to traumatic injury in the emergency department.
AU - Wenderoth, Bradley R.
AU - Kaneda, Elizabeth T.
AU - Amini, Albert
AU - Amini, Richard
AU - Patanwala, Asad E.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The analgesic response and safety of intravenous morphine versus fentanyl for adult trauma patients who presented to the emergency department (ED) were evaluated. Median pain reduction on the numeric rating scale (0-10; 0 = no pain and 10 = worst possible pain) after opioid administration was similar between the groups (2 vs 2; P = .67). The lowest postdose pain score was recorded sooner in the fentanyl group than in the morphine group (22 vs 47 minutes, respectively; P < .001). There were no significant differences in drug-induced adverse effects between groups. Fentanyl produced a similar but more rapid analgesic response compared with morphine in trauma patients.
AB - The analgesic response and safety of intravenous morphine versus fentanyl for adult trauma patients who presented to the emergency department (ED) were evaluated. Median pain reduction on the numeric rating scale (0-10; 0 = no pain and 10 = worst possible pain) after opioid administration was similar between the groups (2 vs 2; P = .67). The lowest postdose pain score was recorded sooner in the fentanyl group than in the morphine group (22 vs 47 minutes, respectively; P < .001). There were no significant differences in drug-induced adverse effects between groups. Fentanyl produced a similar but more rapid analgesic response compared with morphine in trauma patients.
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U2 - 10.1097/JTN.0b013e31828660b5
DO - 10.1097/JTN.0b013e31828660b5
M3 - Article
C2 - 23459426
AN - SCOPUS:84891549805
SN - 1078-7496
VL - 20
SP - 10
EP - 15
JO - Journal of trauma nursing : the official journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses
JF - Journal of trauma nursing : the official journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses
IS - 1
ER -