As-needed opioid dosing for emergency patients with a daily use of opioids.

Stine Fjendbo Galili Lone NikolajsenBodil Hammer BechHans KirkegaardJette Ahrensberg

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2023)

Patients with daily use of opioids presenting in the ED with acute pain had a high risk of inadequate PRN opioid dose, especially if the DDO was high. Awareness about and education focusing on sufficient PRN doses for patients with a daily use of opioids is (still) called for.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
emergency department
physical activity
healthcare
liver failure
public health
quality improvement
acute respiratory distress syndrome
mechanical ventilation