Analgesia for Older Adults with Abdominal or Back Pain in the Emergency Department

Analgesia for Older Adults with Abdominal or Back Pain in the Emergency Department

Objective: To determine the association between age and analgesia for emergency department (ED) patients with abdominal or back pain.Methods: Using a fully electronic medical record, we performed a retrospective cohort study of adults presenting with abdominal or back pain to two urban EDs. To asses...

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Main Authors: Mills, Angela M, Edwards, J. Matthew, Shofer, Frances S, Holena, Daniel N, Abbuhl, Stephanie B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2011-02-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
analgesia
abdominal pain
back pain
older adults
emergency department
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/9nr5c520

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