2 View: Emergency Medicine PAs & NPs

37 - Pitfalls in Managing Pain in the ED with Sergey M. Motov, MD, FAAEM


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Welcome to Episode 37 of “The 2 View,” the podcast for EM and urgent care nurse practitioners and physician assistants!

Show Notes for Episode 37 of “The 2 View” – Pitfalls in Managing Pain in the ED with Sergey M. Motov, MD, FAAEM.

Segment 1

Bachhuber MA, Hennessy S, Cunningham CO, Starrels JL. Increasing Benzodiazepine Prescriptions and Overdose Mortality in the United States, 1996-2013. Am J Public Health. 2016;106(4):686-688. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303061. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26890165/

Bijur PE, Kenny MK, Gallagher EJ. Intravenous morphine at 0.1 mg/kg is not effective for controlling severe acute pain in the majority of patients. Ann Emerg Med. 2005;46(4):362-367. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.03.010. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16187470/

Evoy KE, Covvey JR, Peckham AM, Ochs L, Hultgren KE. Reports of gabapentin and pregabalin abuse, misuse, dependence, or overdose: An analysis of the Food And Drug Administration Adverse Events Reporting System (FAERS). Res Social Adm Pharm. 2019;15(8):953-958. doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2018.06.018. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31303196/

Kim HS, McCarthy DM, Hoppe JA, Mark Courtney D, Lambert BL. Emergency Department Provider Perspectives on Benzodiazepine-Opioid Coprescribing: A Qualitative Study. Acad Emerg Med. 2018;25(1):15-24. doi:10.1111/acem.13273. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28791786/

Li Y, Delcher C, Wei YJ, et al. Risk of Opioid Overdose Associated With Concomitant Use of Opioids and Skeletal Muscle Relaxants: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2020;108(1):81-89. doi:10.1002/cpt.1807. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32022906/

Peckham AM, Evoy KE, Covvey JR, Ochs L, Fairman KA, Sclar DA. Predictors of Gabapentin Overuse With or Without Concomitant Opioids in a Commercially Insured U.S. Population. Pharmacotherapy. 2018;38(4):436-443. doi:10.1002/phar.2096. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29484686/

Smith RV, Havens JR, Walsh SL. Gabapentin misuse, abuse and diversion: a systematic review. Addiction. 2016;111(7):1160-1174. doi:10.1111/add.13324. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27265421/

Suvada K, Zimmer A, Soodalter J, Malik JS, Kavalieratos D, Ali MK. Coprescribing of opioids and high-risk medications in the USA: a cross-sectional study with data from national ambulatory and emergency department settings. BMJ Open. 2022;12(6):e057588. Published 2022 Jun 16. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057588. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35710252/

Segment 2

Caplan M, Friedman BW, Siebert J, et al. Use of clinical phenotypes to characterize emergency department patients administered intravenous opioids for acute pain. Clin Exp Emerg Med. 2023;10(3):327-332. doi:10.15441/ceem.23.018. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37092185/

Connors NJ, Mazer-Amirshahi M, Motov S, Kim HK. Relative addictive potential of opioid analgesic agents. Pain Manag. 2021;11(2):201-215. doi:10.2217/pmt-2020-0048. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33300384/

Fassassi C, Dove D, Davis A, et al. Analgesic efficacy of morphine sulfate immediate release vs. oxycodone/acetaminophen for acute pain in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2021;46:579-584. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2020.11.034. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33341323/

Irizarry E, Cho R, Williams A, et al. Frequency of Persistent Opioid Use 6 Months After Exposure to IV Opioids in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Cohort Study. J Emerg Med. Published online March 14, 2024. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2024.03.018. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38821847/

Sapkota A, Takematsu M, Adewunmi V, Gupta C, Williams AR, Friedman BW. Oxycodone induced euphoria in ED patients with acute musculoskeletal pain. A secondary analysis of data from a randomized trial. Am J Emerg Med. 2022;53:240-244. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2022.01.016. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35085877/

Wightman R, Perrone J, Portelli I, Nelson L. Likeability and abuse liability of commonly prescribed opioids. J Med Toxicol. 2012;8(4):335-340. doi:10.1007/s13181-012-0263-x. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22992943/

Segment 3

Anshus AJ, Oswald J. Erector spinae plane block: a new option for managing acute axial low back pain in the emergency department. Pain Manag. 2021;11(6):631-637. doi:10.2217/pmt-2021-0004. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34102865/

Chauhan G, Burke H, Srinivasan SK, Upadhyay A. Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Block for Refractory Abdominal Pain Due to Acute on Chronic Pancreatitis. Cureus. 2022;14(11):e31817. Published 2022 Nov 23. doi:10.7759/cureus.31817. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36579238/

Dove D, Fassassi C, Davis A, et al. Comparison of Nebulized Ketamine at Three Different Dosing Regimens for Treating Painful Conditions in the Emergency Department: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2021;78(6):779-787. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.04.031. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34226073/

Elkoundi A, Eloukkal Z, Bensghir M, Belyamani L, Lalaoui SJ. Erector Spinae Plane Block for Hyperalgesic Acute Pancreatitis. Pain Med. 2019;20(5):1055-1056. doi:10.1093/pm/pny232. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30476275/

Finneran Iv JJ, Gabriel RA, Swisher MW, Berndtson AE, Godat LN, Costantini TW, Ilfeld BM. Ultrasound-guided percutaneous intercostal nerve cryoneurolysis for analgesia following traumatic rib fracture -a case series. Korean J Anesthesiol. 2020 Oct;73(5):455-459. doi: 10.4097/kja.19395. Epub 2019 Nov 5. PMID: 31684715; PMCID: PMC7533180. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533180/

Finneran JJ, Swisher MW, Gabriel RA, et al. Ultrasound-Guided Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Cryoneurolysis for Analgesia in Patients With Burns. J Burn Care Res. 2020;41(1):224-227. doi:10.1093/jbcr/irz192. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31714578/

Gabriel RA, Finneran JJ, Asokan D, Trescot AM, Sandhu NS, Ilfeld BM. Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Cryoneurolysis for Acute Pain Management: A Case Report. A A Case Rep. 2017;9(5):129-132. doi:10.1213/XAA.0000000000000546. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28509777/

Herring AA, Stone MB, Nagdev AD. Ultrasound-guided abdominal wall nerve blocks in the ED. Am J Emerg Med. 2012;30(5):759-764. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2011.03.008. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21570238/

Kampan S, Thong-On K, Sri-On J. A non-inferiority randomized controlled trial comparing nebulized ketamine to intravenous morphine for older adults in the emergency department with acute musculoskeletal pain. Age Ageing. 2024;53(1):afad255. doi:10.1093/ageing/afad255. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38251742/

Mahmoud S, Miraflor E, Martin D, Mantuani D, Luftig J, Nagdev AD. Ultrasound-guided transverse abdominis plane block for ED appendicitis pain control. Am J Emerg Med. 2019;37(4):740-743. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2019.01.024. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30718116/

McCahill RJ, Nagle C, Clarke P. Use of Virtual Reality for minor procedures in the Emergency Department: A scoping review. Australas Emerg Care. 2021;24(3):174-178. doi:10.1016/j.auec.2020.06.006. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32718907/

Nguyen T, Mai M, Choudhary A, et al. Comparison of Nebulized Ketamine to Intravenous Subdissociative Dose Ketamine for Treating Acute Painful Conditions in the Emergency Department: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy Controlled Trial. Ann Emerg Med. Published online May 2, 2024. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.03.024. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38703175/

Sikka N, Shu L, Ritchie B, Amdur RL, Pourmand A. Virtual Reality-Assisted Pain, Anxiety, and Anger Management in the Emergency Department. Telemed J E Health. 2019;25(12):1207-1215. doi:10.1089/tmj.2018.0273. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30785860/

Recurring Sources

Center for Medical Education. Ccme.org. http://ccme.org

The Proceduralist. Theproceduralist.org. http://www.theproceduralist.org

The Procedural Pause. Emergency Medicine News. Lww.com. https://journals.lww.com/em-news/blog/theproceduralpause/pages/default.aspx

The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Thesgem.com. http://www.thesgem.com

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