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This Resource Kit was prepared for the 'Improving Analgesia in
Hospital Emergency Departments-Optimising Use of Pethidine' project.
The project was completed in October 2003. For more information
on that project please contact David Maxwell .
Download our Position Statement on Pethidine Use for Pain
Management in the Emergency Department August 2004.
Project details
Information available includes Project
description, Schedule
of Activities,
Project Reporting Structure and Terms
of Reference, Clinical Reference Committee.
You can also download the following forms
Data Collection
Form- Emergency Department
Data
Collection Form- Pharmacy Department
Slides
Posters
Final project meeting, August 2003 - Powerpoint presentations
Hospital Facilitators Workshop, Dec 2002 - Powerpoint presentations
Pain guidelines
Guidelines for rational use of opioids for GP prescribing in
Migraine,
Low Back
Pain and Chronic
or Recurrent Pain have been produced by NSW TAG. Patient brochures
for Migraine,
Low Back
Pain and Chronic
Pain Management are also available.
Links
Link
to Pharmaceutical Services Branch
Link to National Institute
for Clinical Studies (NICS)
Other resources
Frequently
Asked Questions
To access NSW TAG's position statement on tramadol click here.
NSW TAG has identified the following articles of interest:
Palacioz K, Inapproriate meperidine use. Pharmacist's
letter 2001;17:1117
Lee F, Cundiff D. Meperidine vs morphine in pancreatitis and
cholecystitis. Arch Int Med 1998; 158: 2399
Helm JF, Venu RP, Geenen JE. Effects of morphine on the human
sphincter of Oddi. Gut 1988; 29:1402-7
Latta KS, Ginsberg B, Barkin RL. Meperidine-A Critical Review.American
Journal of Therapeutics 9(1):53-68 January/February 2003 (Available
in full text via Journals @Ovid. Click on Journals@Ovid link from
CIAP home page, and search via author listing) or click
here to download
Boothby LA et al. Academic Detailing of Meperidine at a Teaching
Hospital. Hospital Pharmacy Vol 38, Number 1 pp 30-35.2003
Facts and Comparisons. Click
here to download
If you have trouble accessing these documents, please contact
the TAG office and we will assist you.
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