TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Use of and attitudes to the role of medication for acute whiplash injury: a preliminary survey of emergency department doctors
JO  - Emergency medicine Australasia
A1  - Nikles, Jane
A1  - Keijzers, Gerben
A1  - De Silva, Muthuwahandi Ishan Diluka
A1  - Khan, Subaat
A1  - Sterling, Michele
SP  - 471
EP  - 474
VL  - 31
IS  - 3
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Describe current practice of medication prescribing for acute whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) in the ED and explore attitudes towards pregabalin prescription for WAD. <br><br>METHODS: Questionnaire-based survey in two EDs collected data on demographics and self-reported medication prescribing for WAD. Comfort in various scenarios for pregabalin prescribing was rated. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 145/170 (85%) doctors responded; 42.8% were junior doctors. Self-reported medications prescribed were nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (77.9% [95% confidence interval (CI) 70.1-84.2]), paracetamol (75.2% [95% CI 67.2-81.8]), opioids (43.5% [95% CI 35.3-51.9]) and benzodiazepines (11.0% [95% CI 6.6-17.6]). Most were comfortable to prescribe pregabalin in evidence-based or advised-by-specialists scenarios. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Opioids appear to be over-prescribed. Further research into pregabalin prescription in ED is warranted.<br><br>© 2018 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1742-6731
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13190
ID  - ref1
ER  -