Journal of Trauma and Injury

The Korean Society of Traumatology (대한외상학회)
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Efficacy of Nefopam Analgesia for Trauma Patients in the Emergency Department

  • Lim, Tae-Youn (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University) ;
  • Kim, Jung-Youn (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University) ;
  • Choi, Sung-Hyuk (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University) ;
  • Yoon, Young-Hoon (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University)
  • Received : 2016.08.22
  • Accepted : 2016.11.09
  • Published : 2017.03.31
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Abstract

Purpose: Nefopam is a centrally acting non-narcotic analgesic that has mostly been used for postoperative pain. We examined the efficacy of nefopam analgesia (alone and in combination with ketorolac) for trauma patients in the emergency department. Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review to select trauma patients who received nefopam at the emergency department of Korea University Medical Center Guro Hospital between January 2012 and December 2012. Patients younger than 15 years were excluded. The primary outcome measure was change of pain score (numeric rating scale) from baseline (before medication) to 30 min after medication. The secondary outcome measure was requirement for additional analgesia (pethidine). Results: Records of 1465 trauma patients who received analgesics in the emergency department from January 2012 to December 2012 were examined. Patients were classified into five groups according to initial analgesic: nefopam (n=112), ketorolac (n=867), pethidine (n=365), nefopam+ketorolac (92), and nefopam+pethidine (22). There were no significant differences in pain score reductions among the five groups. Twenty-two patients in the nefopam group, 141 in the ketorolac group, and 29 in the nefopam+ketorolac group required rescue analgesia with pethidine; these rates were not significantly different. Conclusion: The efficacy of nefopam analgesia for trauma patients in the emergency department is comparable to that of more commonly used agents, including ketorolac and pethidine.

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