Relationship Between Pain, Opioid Treatment, and Delirium in Older Emergency Department Patients.
Raoul DaoustJean PaquetValérie BoucherMathieu PelletierÉmilie GouinMarcel ÉmondPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2020)
Severe pain, not opioids, is associated with the development of delirium during ED stay. Adequate pain control during the hospital stay may contribute to a decrease in delirium episodes.
Keyphrases
- chronic pain
- pain management
- emergency department
- cardiac surgery
- neuropathic pain
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- hip fracture
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- physical activity
- prognostic factors
- acute kidney injury
- adverse drug
- early onset
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- postoperative pain