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  • Improving pain management of abdominal pain in children presenting to the paediatric emergency department: A pre–post interventional study

    Author(s)
    Williams, Suzanne
    Holzhauser, Kerri
    Bonney, Donna
    Burmeister, Elizabeth
    Gilhotra, Yuri
    Oliver, Randall
    Gordon, Kerry
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Holzhauser, Kerri
    Year published
    2012
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    Abstract
    Background In 2007, the Mater Children's Hospital Emergency Department participated in the Emergency Care Pain Management Initiative funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council National Institute of Clinical Studies (NHMRC - NICS). The findings of this NHMRC - NICS research across eleven paediatric emergency departments highlighted deficits in pain management of abdominal pain. Specifically pain assessment, timeliness of analgesia, and pain management guidelines were found to be lacking. Methods In response to the NICS report local practice was reviewed and a pilot research project undertaken to develop a ...
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    Background In 2007, the Mater Children's Hospital Emergency Department participated in the Emergency Care Pain Management Initiative funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council National Institute of Clinical Studies (NHMRC - NICS). The findings of this NHMRC - NICS research across eleven paediatric emergency departments highlighted deficits in pain management of abdominal pain. Specifically pain assessment, timeliness of analgesia, and pain management guidelines were found to be lacking. Methods In response to the NICS report local practice was reviewed and a pilot research project undertaken to develop a clinical guideline for the pain management of abdominal pain in children presenting to the emergency department. The guideline was developed by an expert panel and trialled using a pre and post intervention design. Results The results demonstrated improved compliance to assessment and documentation of pain scores and assimilation of the best practice principles recommended in the guideline. Conclusions This project raised local awareness in the pain management of abdominal pain and provides baseline information for future improvement. The guideline has been trialled in the clinical setting of paediatric emergency and has the potential to improve pain management practices in children presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain
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    Journal Title
    Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
    Volume
    15
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aenj.2012.04.003
    Subject
    Nursing
    Acute care
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/49840
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