Pain Control Differences Between Oxycodone and Ibuprofen in Children With Isolated Forearm Injuries

Summary

Children presenting to the Emergency Room with the chief complaint of forearm injury and/or pain will be randomized to receive oral Oxycodone or Ibuprofen to control pain.

Timeline

Start

2020-07-28

Primary completion

2021-06-21

Completion

2021-06-21

Publications

• Background Ibuprofen or oxycodone? An observational cohort study of post emergency department discharge management of children's fracture pain. Ali S., Drendel A.L., Rosychuk R.J., Le May S., McGrath P., Carleton B., Johnson D.W. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine 2016 18 Supplement 1 (S47).
• Background Charney RL, Yan Y, Schootman M, Kennedy RM, Luhmann JD. Oxycodone versus codeine for triage pain in children with suspected forearm fracture: a randomized controlled trial. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2008 Sep;24(9):595-600. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181850ca3.
• Background Kircher J, Drendel AL, Newton AS, Dulai S, Vandermeer B, Ali S. Pediatric musculoskeletal pain in the emergency department: a medical record review of practice variation. CJEM. 2014 Nov;16(6):449-57. doi: 10.1017/s1481803500003468.
• Background Chang AK, Bijur PE, Esses D, Barnaby DP, Baer J. Effect of a Single Dose of Oral Opioid and Nonopioid Analgesics on Acute Extremity Pain in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2017 Nov 7;318(17):1661-1667. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.16190.
• Background Ilyas AM, Miller AJ, Graham JG, Matzon JL. A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blinded Trial Comparing Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, and Oxycodone for Pain Management After Hand Surgery. Orthopedics. 2019 Mar 1;42(2):110-115. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20190221-02. Epub 2019 Feb 27.
• Background Kelly LE, Sommer DD, Ramakrishna J, Hoffbauer S, Arbab-Tafti S, Reid D, Maclean J, Koren G. Morphine or Ibuprofen for post-tonsillectomy analgesia: a randomized trial. Pediatrics. 2015 Feb;135(2):307-13. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-1906.
• Background Moradi M, Esmaeili S, Shoar S, Safari S. Use of oxycodone in pain management. Anesth Pain Med. 2012 Spring;1(4):262-4. doi: 10.5812/aapm.4529. Epub 2012 Apr 1.
• Background Tsze DS, von Baeyer CL, Pahalyants V, Dayan PS. Validity and Reliability of the Verbal Numerical Rating Scale for Children Aged 4 to 17 Years With Acute Pain. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Jun;71(6):691-702.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.09.009. Epub 2017 Nov 6.

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