Ethnicity and Analgesic Practice in a Pediatric Emergency Department

• Conditions: Limb Fracture
• Interventions: Drug: Arab children

• Registration Number: NCT02322463
• Lead Sponsor: Rambam Health Care Campus

Brief Summary

Early and appropriate pain management in the emergency department (ED) is an important aspect of child care. Studies in the adult population revealed that ethnicity might be associated with disparities in analgesia and opioid treatment in ED patients suffering from limb fractures. The investigators aim to explore if ethnicity has an influence on analgesic practice in the pediatric ED. The objective of this study is to determine whether minority population Arab children with orthopedic injuries are less likely than Jewish children to receive oxycodone for limb fracture.

Detailed Description

Early and appropriate pain management in the emergency department (ED) is an important aspect of child care. Studies in the adult population revealed that ethnicity might be associated with disparities in analgesia and opioid treatment in ED patients suffering from limb fractures. The investigators aim to explore if ethnicity has an influence on analgesic practice in the pediatric ED. The objective of this study is to determine whether minority population Arab children with orthopedic injuries are less likely than Jewish children to receive oxycodone for limb fracture .

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-12
• Study First Submitted: 2014-12-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-12-17
• Study First Posted: 2014-12-23
• Status Verified: 2015-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-02-02
• Last Update Posted: 2015-02-04
• Primary Completion: 2015-10
• Study Completion: 2015-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 5000

Inclusion Criteria

-Any patient with a limb fracture

Exclusion Criteria

• Multi trauma patients
• Patients with unidentified ethnicity

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Arab children (case subjects)	Arab children	Arab patients who were admitted to the pediatric ED due to a limb fracture between 01 January 2011 and 31 October 2014, who were treated with Oxycodone
Jewish children (controls)	Arab children	Jewish patients who were admitted to the pediatric ED due to a limb fracture between 01 January 2011 and 31 October 2014, who were treated with Oxycodone

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of oxycodone treatment by the nursing staff	At triage up to 1 hour after admission at the recpetion desk

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rambam Health Care Campus; 🇮🇱 Haifa, Israel