Ethnicity and Analgesic Practice in a Pediatric Emergency Department

Limb Fracture Clinical Trial

Official title:

Ethnicity and Analgesic Practice in a Pediatric Emergency Department

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02322463
• Other study ID #: 0533-14-RMB-CTIL
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 6, 2014
• Last updated: February 2, 2015
• Start date: December 2014
• Est. completion date: October 2015

Study information

• Verified date: February 2015
• Source: Rambam Health Care Campus
• Contact: Itai Shavit, MD
• Phone: +972502063239
• Email: itai[@]pem-database.org
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Israel: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

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 .

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 5000
• Est. completion date: October 2015
• Est. primary completion date: October 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

-Any patient with a limb fracture

Exclusion Criteria:

• Multi trauma patients

• Patients with unidentified ethnicity

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Limb Fracture

Intervention

Drug:
• Arab children
Treatment with Oxycodone

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	Rambam Health Care Campus	Haifa

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rambam Health Care Campus

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Rate of oxycodone treatment by the nursing staff		At triage up to 1 hour after admission at the recpetion desk	No