Predictors of Response in Emergency Department Patients Receiving Intravenous Opioids for Severe Pain

Pharmacotherapy
Jacob A RadcliffSanchita Sen

Abstract

The primary objective of this study was to identify significant environmental and patient characteristics of emergency department (ED) patients who responded to intravenous (IV) hydromorphone and IV morphine for severe pain. Secondary objectives were to investigate the individual effect of the significant environmental and patient characteristics of responders, and to assess the nature and strength of the correlation of initial dose and change in pain score from arrival to pre-administration. A retrospective chart review was performed in patients who received IV hydromorphone or morphine in the ED for severe pain. Key evaluated patient characteristics included patient demographics, recent opioid use, history of drug or alcohol abuse, and pain location, among others. Key evaluated environmental characteristics included initial opioid administered, time to first dose, initial pain score, and initial dose of opioid administered, among others. Environmental and patient characteristics associated with response to pain management were first identified using bivariate analyses and then entered into a multiple stepwise logistic regression mode. Patients were excluded if they were younger than 18 years, did not have a follow-up pain sco...Continue Reading

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