Intranasal Fentanyl Versus Oral Morphine Sulfate in the Treatment of Pain in Pediatric Trauma

Summary

Acute tramatic pain is one of main reasons for consultation in pediatric emergency departments. To manage pain quickly and effectively must be a primary outcome of the emergency department. However, pediatric emergency department are sometimes criticized for inadequate and delayed initiation analgesia . Indeed, several studies have shown the inadequacy between the intensity of the pain evaluated by the care team and the therapeutic management of it. The ideal analgesic must have a rapid onset of action, have a powerful analgesic effect, have few side effects and can be administered quickly and painlessly. That's why, the main outcome of this study is to assess the non inferiority of a treatment by intranasal Fentanyl vs morphine sulfate (oral use) in children with traumatic pain on arrival to pediatric emergency department.

Timeline

Start

2017-05-30

Primary completion

2018-07-18

Completion

2019-03-12

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.