Table 3 Medical treatment
From: Pain assessment and management of adult patients in the Swedish EMS: a nationwide registry study
All % (n) | Recorded pain intensity % (n) | Patient sexa % (n) | Ageb % (n) | Pain intensityc % (n) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100.0 (394,700) | Recorded 22.5 (88,899) | Not recorded 77.5 (305,801) | p valued | Male 46.2 (181,501) | Female 53.8 (211,744) | p valued | Age < 70 48.5 (191,421) | Age ≥ 70 51.5 (203,279) | p valued | NRS ≤ 4 42.6 (37,891) | NRS > 4 57.4 (51,008) | p valued | |
Analgesics | |||||||||||||
Analgesics administered (any kind) | 27.5 (108,611) | 50.6 (44,988) | 20.8 (63,623) | < 0.001 | 27.5 (49,863) | 27.6 (58,353) | 0.549 | 28.5 (54,591) | 26.6 (54,020) | < 0.001 | 24.7 (9,357) | 69.9 (35,631) | < 0.001 |
Acetylsalicylic acid | 1.9 (7604) | 4.9 (4372) | 1.1 (3232) | < 0.001 | 2.5 (4508) | 1.5 (3079) | < 0.001 | 1.8 (3536) | 2.0 (4068) | < 0.001 | 4.3 (1623) | 5.4 (2749) | < 0.001 |
Acetaminophen/Paracetamol | 8.8 (34,630) | 15.2 (13,557) | 6.9 (21,073) | < 0.001 | 8.1 (14,792) | 9.3 (19,700) | < 0.001 | 9.0 (17,216) | 8.6 (17,414) | < 0.001 | 8.2 (3111) | 20.5 (10,446) | < 0.001 |
High-potency synthetic opioidse | 1.5 (5947) | 3.4 (2995) | 1.0 (2952) | < 0.001 | 1.4 (2558) | 1.6 (3375) | < 0.001 | 1.8 (3451) | 1.2 (2496) | < 0.001 | 0.7 (278) | 5.3 (2717) | < 0.001 |
Esketamine/Ketamine | 1.6 (6282) | 2.4 (22,124) | 1.4 (4158) | < 0.001 | 1.2 (2261) | 1.9 (3.991) | < 0.001 | 1.3 (2575) | 1.8 (3707) | < 0.001 | 0.9 (324) | 3.5 (1800) | < 0.001 |
Glyceryl trinitrate | 5.2 (20,435) | 10.8 (9559) | 3.6 (10,876) | < 0.001 | 6.1 (10,997) | 4.4 (9381) | < 0.001 | 4.6 (8866) | 5.7 (11,569) | < 0.001 | 8.1 (3087) | 12.7 (6472) | < 0.001 |
Nitrous oxide | 0.1 (238) | 0.1 (82) | 0.1 (156) | < 0.001 | 0.1 (100) | 0.1 (138) | 0.200 | 0.1 (180) | 0.0 (58) | < 0.001 | 0.0 (16) | 0.1 (66) | < 0.001 |
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) | 2.1 (8109) | 3.4 (3025) | 1.7 (5084) | < 0.001 | 2.2 (4058) | 1.9 (3994) | < 0.001 | 3.3 (6305) | 0.9 (1804) | < 0.001 | 1.2 (451) | 5.0 (2574) | < 0.001 |
Opioidsf | 15.6 (61,747) | 31.1 (27,656) | 11.1 (34,091) | < 0.001 | 15.6 (28,335) | 15.7 (33,204) | 0.549 | 0.7 (1403) | 0.5 (1062) | < 0.001 | 8.7 (3304) | 47.7 (24,352) | < 0.001 |
Other/unspecified analgesics | 0.6 (2465) | 0.8 (737) | 0.6 (1728) | < 0.001 | 0.6 (1012) | 0.7 (1444) | < 0.001 | 16.1 (30,789) | 15.2 (30,958) | < 0.001 | 0.3 (117) | 1.2 (620) | < 0.001 |
Antidote administered (any kind) | 0.1 (206) | 0.1 (104) | 0.0 (102) | < 0.001 | 0.1 (97) | 0.1 (106) | 0.642 | 0.1 (99) | 0.1 (107) | 0.900 | 0.0 (14) | 0.2 (90) | < 0.001 |
Sedatives/Muscle relaxants/Anaesthetics | 1.5 (6075) | 2.9 (2549) | 1.2 (3526) | < 0.001 | 1.5 (2643) | 1.6 (3415) | < 0.001 | 1.7 (3335) | 1.3 (2740) | < 0.001 | 0.9 (334) | 4.3 (2215) | < 0.001 |