Romano, F; Wendelspiess, M; Mansour, R; Abplanalp-Marti, O; Starvaggi, C; Holzner, F; Steiner, I; Keitel, K (2023). Safety of nurse-directed triage intranasal fentanyl protocol for acute pain management in a European pediatric emergency department: A retrospective observational analysis. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 11, p. 1070685. Frontiers 10.3389/fped.2023.1070685
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BACKGROUND
Nurse-directed pain protocols for intranasal fentanyl administration are not widely implemented in European (EU) pediatric emergency departments (PED). Barriers include perceived safety concerns for intranasal (IN) fentanyl. The aim of this study is to describe our experience with a nurse-directed triage IN fentanyl protocol with a focus on safety in a tertiary EU PED.
METHODS
We conducted a retrospective analysis of patient records of children aged 0-16 years who received nurse-directed IN fentanyl between January 2019 and December 2021 at the PED of the University Children's Hospital of Bern, Switzerland. Extracted data points included demographics, presenting complaint, pain score, IN fentanyl dosage, concomitant pain medication use, and adverse events.
RESULTS
A total of 314 patients were identified with ages ranging from 9 months to 15 years. The main indication for nurse-directed fentanyl administration was musculoskeletal pain due to trauma (n = 284, 90%). Mild adverse events (vertigo) were reported in two patients (0.6%), without a correlation to concomitant pain medication or protocol violation. The only reported severe adverse event of syncope and hypoxia in a 14-year-old adolescent occurred in a setting where the institutional nurse-directed protocol was violated.
CONCLUSION
In accordance with previous studies outside of Europe, our data support the case that when appropriately used, nurse-directed IN fentanyl is a safe potent opioid analgesic for pediatric acute pain management. We strongly encourage the introduction of nurse-directed triage fentanyl protocols Europe-wide in order to provide effective and adequate acute pain management in children.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine > Notfallzentrum für Kinder und Jugendliche 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine |
UniBE Contributor: |
Romano, Fabrizio, Wendelspiess, Matthias Donald, Starvaggi, Carl Alessandro, Holzner, Franziska, Steiner, Isabelle (A), Keitel, Kristina |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
2296-2360 |
Publisher: |
Frontiers |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
03 Mar 2023 09:37 |
Last Modified: |
29 Mar 2023 23:38 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3389/fped.2023.1070685 |
PubMed ID: |
36861074 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
analgesia intranasal fentanyl nurse-directed triage protocol pain management pediatric emergency medicine safety |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/179464 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/179464 |
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