Association between blood cortisol levels and numerical rating scale in prehospital pain assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nowadays, there is no correlation between levels of cortisol and pain in the prehospital setting. The aim of this work was to determine the ability of prehospital cortisol levels to correlate to pain. Cortisol levels were compared with those of the numerical rating scale (NRS).

Methods

This is a prospective observational study looking at adult patients with acute disease managed by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and transferred to the emergency department of two tertiary care hospitals. Epidemiological variables, vital signs, and prehospital blood analysis data were collected. A total of 1516 patients were included, the median age was 67 years (IQR: 51-79; range: 18-103) with 42.7% of females. The primary outcome was pain evaluation by NRS, which was categorized

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Izquierdo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12287277 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature