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September 10, 2025Open Access

Decreasing Time to Narcotic Pain Medication in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Presenting With Acute Pain Crises in a Pediatric Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Initiative.

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AAAngéline AdamCKChris KaberlineLPLina Patel

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Overview

Quality improvement initiative reduced narcotic administration time in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease, highlighting disparities.

Key Points

  • Time to first narcotic decreased from 61 to 42 minutes, improving patient care significantly.
  • Percentage of patients receiving narcotics within 60 minutes rose from 54% to 73.8%, demonstrating a marked improvement in response times.
  • Quality improvement initiative focused on development, education, and use of intranasal fentanyl to enhance pain management.
  • Standardized protocols addressing disparities helped improve outcomes across various Childhood Opportunity Index levels.

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Adam et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1d7ee54b1d3bfb60f9cc9https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175647859.94422112/v1
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