Pain management policies and reported practices in Swiss emergency departments: a national survey
Author(s) -
Marta Bourgeois,
PierreNicolas Carron,
Susanne Ernst,
Aris Exadaktylos,
Maril Guigli Poretti,
Dagmar I. Keller,
Kaspar Meier,
Christian H. Nickel,
Olivier Rutschmann,
R. Sieber,
Stephan Steuer,
Senad Tabakovic,
Olivier Hügli
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0036-7672
DOI - 10.4414/smw.2019.20155
Subject(s) - medicine , pain management , emergency department , protocol (science) , acute pain , pain scale , sedation , health care , physical therapy , emergency medicine , nursing , alternative medicine , anesthesia , pathology , economic growth , economics
The pain management processes in Swiss EDs have improved over the last 17 years, and are now equivalent to other western countries. Our study did not, however, assess if these improvements resulted in better analgesia at the bedside, an important topic that will require further study.
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