Protocolized vs Discretionary Use of Opioids in Acute Pain
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
We are testing whether patients who received protocolized pain management (1 mg of IV
hydromorphone followed by an additional 1 mg Intravenous (IV) hydromorphone 15 minutes later
if the patients wants more) will have better pain relief and no more adverse events than
patients receiving discretionary care, in which the patients receives whatever IV opioid the
treating physician wants to give, in whatever dose.