As-needed opioid dosing for emergency patients with a daily use of opioids.

Background: Patients with a daily use of opioids have a higher risk of insufficient pain treatment during hospitalization than other patients. This study aimed to examine whether as-needed opioid doses (PRN) were adequately adjusted when patients were admitted to the emergency department (ED) with pain.

Methods: Patients, with a daily use of opioids, who received PRN opioid within the first 3 h after admission at the ED at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, were prospectively included from February 2021 to June 2021.

Subanaesthetic single-dose ketamine as an adjunct to opioid analgesics for acute pain management in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a subanaesthetic single-dose ketamine (SDK) as an adjunct to opioids for acute pain in emergency department (ED) settings.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods: A systematic search was performed in MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus and Web of Science through March 2022.

Acute pain treatment of children in the Danish emergency departments.

Introduction: Preconditions for good pain treatment in children include education and guidelines. This study investigated whether the guidelines on acute pain treatment of children in Danish emergency departments reflected the national guideline, examined the knowledge and use of guidelines, and explored the approach adopted to treating pain in children.

Methods: This cross-sectional study consisted of two parts.

Use of general practice before and after mild traumatic brain injury: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Denmark.

Objectives: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is commonly seen in the emergency department (ED). Approximately 85%-90% of TBIs are mild (mTBI). Some cause symptoms such as headache, dizziness, anxiety, blurred vision, insomnia and concentration difficulties, collectively known as postconcussion syndrome (PCS).