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Analgesia for Older Adults with Abdominal or Back Pain in the Emergency Department
- Source :
- Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 43-50 (2011)
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- eScholarship Publishing, University of California, 2011.
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Abstract
- 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 assess differences in analgesia administration and time to analgesia between age groups, we used chi-square and Kruskal-Wallis test respectively. To adjust for potential confounders, we used a generalized linear model with log link and Gaussian error.Results: Of 24,752 subjects (mean age 42 years, 65% female, 69% black, mean triage pain score 7.5), the majority (76%) had abdominal pain and 61% received analgesia. The ≥80 years group (n=722; 3%), compared to the 65-79 years group (n=2,080; 8%) and to the (n=21,950; 89%), was more often female (71 vs. 61 vs. 65%), black (72 vs. 65 vs. 69%), and had a lower mean pain score (6.6 vs. 7.1 vs. 7.6). Both older groups were less likely to receive any analgesia (48 vs. 59 vs. 62%, p
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1936900X and 19369018
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.338a320ec98a4298a9eb4f2aa0a66bfe
- Document Type :
- article