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Lead
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
With
Jacobi Medical Center
Montefiore Medical Center
University of Pennsylvania
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Age
18–65
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Age 18 to 65
2. Patient deemed by the ED attending physician to require IV opioid analgesia for pain and for whom the ED Attending Physician would consider using PCA
You may not be if
1. Patients requiring initial resuscitation that would preclude the use of PCA
2. Long-term use of prescription or non-prescription opioids now or within the past year
3. Recent opioid use within the past 24 hours
4. Chronic pain syndromes
5. Clinician suspicion of current or past opioid dependence/abuse
6. Altered mental status/Clinical suspicion of intoxication
7. Patients expected to require conscious sedation while in the ED
8. Pregnancy or breast-feeding
9. History of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, history of sleep apnea syndrome, baseline oxygen saturation (room air) \< 97%
10. Systolic blood pressure \< 100 mm Hg
11. Use of sedative medications e.g. benzodiazepines, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, phenothiazines, or tricyclic antidepressants.
12. History of renal insufficiency/renal failure
13. Prior allergic reaction to morphine
14. Inability to provide informed consent or inability to understand or operate PCA device
15. Previous entry of patient into study
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