Is intranasal fentanyl no worse than intravenous morphine in the treatment of painful sickle cell crisis in the paediatric emergency department?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Painful sickle cell crisisHaematological DisordersSickle-cell anaemia with crisis
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN67469672
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity College Dublin (Ireland)
- Brief Summary
2012 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22647439
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 31
Inclusion Criteria
1. Ages 1 to? 21 years
2. >10kg
3. Known sickle cell disease presenting with severe pain
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patient has received parenteral narcotic analgesic within 4 hours of emergency department (ED) presentation
2. Known allergy to fentanyl or morphine
3. Altered level of consciousness
4. Any other contraindication to opiate use
5. Blocked or traumatised nose
6. Pain not secondary to painful sickle cell crisis (PSSC)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain measured on an appropriate numeric pain rating scale, 10 minutes after administration of study medication
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method