Safety of prehospital intravenous fentanyl for adult trauma patients.
Safety of prehospital intravenous fentanyl for adult trauma patients.
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成人创伤患者院前静脉注射芬太尼的安全性。
DOI:
10.1097/ta.0b013e31823c4444
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2012
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Colwell,ChristopherB
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Soriya,GinaC;McVaney,KevinE;Liao,MichaelM;Haukoos,JasonS;Byyny,RichardL;Gravitz,Craig;Colwell,ChristopherB
BACKGROUND:Little is known about the safety of intravenous fentanyl for adult trauma patients in the prehospital setting. Our objective was to study the hemodynamic effect of prehospital intravenous fentanyl in initially normotensive adult trauma patients.METHODS:A quasi-experimental design was used to compare adult trauma patients who received intravenous fentanyl and those who did not receive fentanyl in a large regional prehospital system and its affiliated Level I trauma center. Emergent adult trauma patients were included with an initial prehospital Glasgow Coma Scale score of≥ 13 and systolic blood pressure> 90 mm Hg. Patients were stratified into two groups, those who received a single dose of intravenous fentanyl (100 μg) and those who did not. The outcome was initial emergency department (ED) shock index (heart rate divided by systolic blood pressure). Multivariable linear regression was used to estimate the effect of fentanyl on ED shock index while adjusting for prehospital shock index, age, gender, Trauma Injury Severity Score, and the propensity for receiving fentanyl.RESULTS:Seven hundred sixty-three patients were included, of whom 217 (28%) received fentanyl. The groups had comparable demographics (age, gender, and race/ethnicity) but different clinical characteristics (ED vital signs, Injury Severity Score, mechanism, and ED disposition). The adjusted ED shock index of fentanyl patients improved (-0.03; 95% confidence interval:− 0.05 to 0.00; p= 0.02) compared with no fentanyl.CONCLUSION:Prehospital intravenous fentanyl did not adversely affect the initial ED shock index in adult trauma patients. Additional research should be performed to confirm and extend our findings.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE:III.Pain management is an important aspect of prehospital care, particularly in the acutely traumatized patient. Acute pain is present in approximately 34% to 42% of all prehospital patients. 1, 2 In 1999, the Emergency Medical Services Outcomes Project identified prehospital pain relief as a priority outcome and noted that it is one of the most high-impact prehospital interventions that can be performed on the majority of patients. 3 Fentanyl has been advocated as an effective option for prehospital analgesia, 4–8 and it has been shown in limited studies to be effective in prehospital pain management. 7, 9, 10 It has many attractive features including rapid onset, short duration, multiple routes of administration, few side effects, and reversibility. However, like all opioids, fentanyl may be associated with adverse events such as respiratory depression and hypotension. Unfortunately, there remains a paucity of literature evaluating the comparative safety of fentanyl in the prehospital setting. 10