Analgesia Administration by Sex Among Pediatric Emergency Department Patients with Abdominal Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is conflicting data about sex-based differences in the treatment of acute pain in the ED. Little is known about sex-based disparities in analgesia in pediatric ED patients.

Objectives

Our objective was to determine whether analgesic administration rates differ between female and male pediatric patients presenting to the ED with abdominal pain.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of ED patients 5-21 years old with abdominal pain between 6/1/19 and 6/30/21. The primary outcome was receipt of any analgesia, and secondary outcomes were receipt of opioid analgesia and time to receipt of analgesia. Multivariable regression models were fitted for each outcome.

Results

We studied 1,087 patients; 681 (63%) were female with a median age of

SUBMITTER: Vastola ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10906997 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature