Skip to main content

Table 2 Patient and visit factors that influence analgesic administration

From: Increased analgesia administration in emergency medicine after implementation of revised guidelines

 

Crude OR

95 % CI

Adjusted OR*

95 % CI

Implementation of revised guideline for pain management

1.35

1.13–1.65

1.35

1.11–1.65

Triage category

 Low = reference

    

 Middle

2.40

1.91–3.01

3.00

2.36–3.82

 High

2.42

1.79–3.26

3.98

2.86–5.54

Surgical specialty

1.75

1.43–2.15

2.47

1.98–3.09

  1. *Included in the model were medical specialty (surgical versus non-surgical), triage category, usage of analgesia pre-hospital, ethnicity (Dutch versus other ethnicity), gender and age. Only significant variables are shown in the table