Determinants of clinically important pain severity reduction in the prehospital setting.
This retrospective, electronic patient care record review examined a consecutive sample of patients presenting with pain to the metropolitan region of Ambulance Victoria over a 12 month period in 2008. Seven factors were found to be associated with the likelihood of clinically important pain reduction following multivariate analyses. These included age, time criticality of the patient, pain aetiology, initial pain severity, analgesic agent or combination administered to the patient and prehospital time.
Ambulance Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. paul.jennings@monash.edu
Paul A
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Jennings
Peter
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Cameron
Stephen
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Bernard
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014739:Victoria; D055815:Young Adult
D000700:Analgesics