title: Audit of pain management in the emergency department.
abstract: Pain management in Malaysian Emergency Departments has not been studied well. Convenience sampling was used to recruit 402 patients who presented with acute pain over a 2-week period. The 11-point Numerical Rating Scale was used to quantify pain. Pain relieving medications were prescribed to 178 patients (44.3%) in the Emergency Department. These patients had a median pain score of 7 on arrival. Nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs were the most commonly prescribed class of analgesic. Pain was found to be inadequately treated.
authors: Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors: S M
authors: SM
authors: Fathil
authors: N S C
authors: NS
authors: Soong
authors: N M A
authors: NM
authors: Mustafa
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Arith
authors: W N
authors: WN
authors: Ng
authors: N A
authors: NA
authors: Bahrum
authors: N A
authors: NA
authors: Aszeme
authors: Z
authors: Z
authors: Ahmad
authors: A K
authors: AK
authors: Ismail
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit; D059408:Pain Management; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics