Transitioning burn patients from parenteral to oral opioid pain medication: are they receiving equianalgesic doses

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Title Transitioning burn patients from parenteral to oral opioid pain medication: are they receiving equianalgesic doses
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Nursing
Department Nursing
Author Moss, Lee Scott
Date 1994-08
Description The purpose of this study was to determine if burn patients at a regional burn center were transitioned from parenteral to oral opioid pain medications in equianalgesic doses according to guidelines for acute pain management published by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR). A descriptive study was completed using a retrospective chart review. Subjects included 30 previously healthy burned adults. All opioid medications were recorded and converted to parenteral morphine equivalents. Statistically significant differences were observed between parenteral and oral opioids ordered and between parenteral and oral opioids administered. It is concluded that patients were not transitioned from parenteral to oral opioid medications in equianalgesic doses according to AHCPR guidelines. Retrospective chart reviews have inherent limitations important to this study. Future research should include prospective studies comparing the use of AHCPR acute pain management guidelines with other pain management strategies.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Drug Therapy; Narcotics
Subject MESH Drug Monitoring; Burns; Analgesics
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of "Transitioning burn patients from parenteral to oral opioid pain medication: are they receiving equianalgesic doses." Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Print version of "Transitioning burn patients from parenteral to oral opioid pain medication: are they receiving equianalgesic doses." available at J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collection. RM31.5 1994 .M68.
Rights Management © Lee Scott Moss.
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Source Original: University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (no longer available).
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xk8hft
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