Opioids are rarely prescribed for children with acute nonprocedural pain in Italian Emergency Departments

Acta Paediatr. 2019 Mar;108(3):566-567. doi: 10.1111/apa.14681. Epub 2019 Jan 9.

Authors

E Castagno¹, A F Urbino¹, R L Mancusi², F Benini³; PIERRE (Pain practice in Italian pediatric emergency departments) Study Group

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Emergency, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital - A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy.
² CREA Sanità, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
³ Paediatric Pain and Palliative Care Service, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University Hospital, Padua, Italy.

PMID: 30537003
DOI: 10.1111/apa.14681

No abstract available

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
Child
Child, Preschool
Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data*
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Infant
Italy
Male
Pain / drug therapy*
Retrospective Studies

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid