Oligoanalgesia in Adult Colles Fracture Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department

Ashley Pasiorowski, Karin Olson, Sunita Ghosh and Lynne Ray

Clinical Nursing Research, 2021, vol. 30, issue 1, 23-31

Abstract: Pain is a complex symptom to assess properly and it is often poorly managed in the Emergency Department. The majority of research has focused on exploring oligoanalgesia in samples of patients with heterogeneous injuries. The occurrence of oligoanalgesia in a homogeneous injury, such as Colles fracture, has yet to be explored. A retrospective chart review was conducted to determine the incidence of oligoanalgesia in adults with Colles fractures admitted to two urban Emergency Departments in Western Canada. Data were collected from one hundred fifty charts from a 5-year period (2009-2014). Age and gender predicted of pain assessment (p = .019), but were not significantly associated with receipt of an opioid or pain reassessment. Pain reassessment was only completed in 47% of patients who received an initial pain assessment; this was significantly different from current best practice standards ( p = .0002).

Keywords: oligoanalgesia; analgesia; opioid; Colles fracture; pain management/assessment; Emergency Department (ED) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773818820175

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