Impact of prehospital opioid dose on angiographic and clinical outcomes in acute coronary syndromes.
Himawan FernandoZiad NehmeDiem DinhEmily NehmeAngela BrennanWilliam ShiJason BloomStephen James DuffyJames ShawKarlheinz PeterVoltaire NadurataWilliam ChanJamie LaylandMelanie FreemanWilliam Van GaalStephen BernardJeffrey LefkovitsDanny LiewMichael StephensonKaren SmithDion StubPublished in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2022)
Opioid use was not associated with 30-day MACE. There were higher rates of TIMI 0/1 flow pre-PCI in patients with STEMI prescribed opioids. Future prospective research is required to verify these findings and investigate alternative analgesia for ischaemic chest pain.
Keyphrases
- pain management
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- chronic pain
- antiplatelet therapy
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiac arrest
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- current status
- coronary artery disease
- trauma patients
- emergency medical
- coronary artery bypass
- heart failure
- atrial fibrillation
- ultrasound guided