Patient-Reported Outcomes from A National, Prospective, Observational Study of Emergency Department Acute Pain Management with an Intranasal NSAID, Opioids or Both.

CONCLUSIONS: Automated telephonic follow-up of ED patients prescribed short-term analgesia is feasible. Ketorolac-based analgesia after an ED visit for many acute pain syndromes was associated with favorable patient outcomes and higher satisfaction than opioid-based therapy. SPRIX, an NSAID that is not available over-the-counter and has a novel delivery approach, may be useful for short-term post-ED outpatient analgesia. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
PMID: 26782787 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - January 19, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Pollack CV, Dierck DB, Thomas SH, Shapiro NI, Fanikos J, Mace SE, Rafique Z, Todd KH Tags: Acad Emerg Med Source Type: research