Acute pain management in the Emergency Department: Use of multimodal and non-opioid analgesic treatment strategies. Journal Article

Local Library Link: Find It @ Loyola

Authors: Rech, MA; Griggs, C; Lovett, S; Motov, S
Article Title: Acute pain management in the Emergency Department: Use of multimodal and non-opioid analgesic treatment strategies.
Abstract: Pain is a common complaint precipitating emergency department (ED) visit, occurring in more than half of patient encounters. While opioids are effective for acute pain management in the Emergency Department (ED), the associated adverse effects, including respiratory and central nervous system depression, nausea, vomiting, and constipation, and physical manifestations of use, including tolerance, dependence and misuse leading to overdose and death, accentuate the need for non-opioid alternatives and/or multi-modal pain control. This review will provide examples of non-opioid pain management strategies and multimodal regimens for treatment of acute pain in the ED.
Journal Title: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
ISSN: 1532-8171; 0735-6757
Publisher: Unknown  
Date Published: 2022