Analgesic Use Among Adults with a Trauma-Related Emergency Department Visit: A Retrospective Cohort Study from Alberta, Canada.
Administrative data
Analgesia
Emergency department
Retrospective
Journal
Pain and therapy
ISSN: 2193-8237
Titre abrégé: Pain Ther
Pays: New Zealand
ID NLM: 101634491
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2023
Aug 2023
Historique:
received:
22
03
2023
accepted:
25
04
2023
medline:
3
6
2023
pubmed:
3
6
2023
entrez:
3
6
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A better understanding of current acute pain-driven analgesic practices within the emergency department (ED) and upon discharge will provide foundational information in this area, as few studies have been conducted in Canada. Administrative data were used to identify adults with a trauma-related ED visit in the Edmonton area in 2017/2018. Characteristics of the ED visit included time from initial contact to analgesic administration, type of analgesics dispensed during and upon being discharged home directly from the ED (≤ 7 days after), and patient characteristics. A total of 50,950 ED visits by 40,505 adults with trauma were included. Analgesics were administered in 24.2% of visits, of which non-opioids were dispensed in 77.0% and opioids were dispensed in 49.0%. Time to analgesic initiation occurred more than 2 h after first contact. Upon discharge, 11.5% received a non-opioid and 15.2% received an opioid analgesic, among whom 18.5% received a daily dose ≥ 50 morphine milligram equivalents (MME) and 30.2% received > 7 days of supply. Three hundred and seventeen adults newly met criteria for chronic opioid use after the ED visit, among whom 43.5% received an opioid dispensation upon discharge; of these individuals, 26.8% had a daily dose ≥ 50 MME and 65.9% received > 7 days of supply. Findings can be used to inform optimization of analgesic pharmacotherapy practices for the treatment of acute pain, which may include reducing the time to initiation of analgesics in the ED, as well as close consideration of recommendations for acute pain management upon discharge to provide ideal patient-centered, evidence-informed care.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37269501
doi: 10.1007/s40122-023-00521-1
pii: 10.1007/s40122-023-00521-1
pmc: PMC10289951
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1039-1053Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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