Moderate to severe acute pain occurs in 91% of traumatic injury patients presenting
to the emergency department (ED) and suboptimal analgesia is common [
1
,
2
,
3
]. Timely and adequate pain control is crucial, as inadequate management has been
associated with increased morbidity and development of chronic pain, post-traumatic
stress disorder, anxiety, and depression [
[4]
]. Intravenous (IV) opioids are routinely used for treatment of acute pain in trauma
patients, but increasing outpatient use of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD)
and chronic pain poses a new challenge to traditional pain management strategies [
[5]
].Keywords
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Publication History
Published online: May 21, 2020
Accepted:
May 19,
2020
Received:
May 19,
2020
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