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The Integrated Approach to Trauma Care pp 62–77Cite as

Analgesia and Sedatives in Emergencies

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Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((UICM,volume 22))

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In addition to securing vital functions according to the ABCs, analgesia and sedation in trauma patients are of crucial importance. Acute pain is considered transient in nature. However, as trauma harms the patient not only by direct effects on body tissues but also psychologically and by centrally mediated effects, there is always a chance of conversion into chronic pain. The experience of pain is modulated by fear, anxiety, and previous experience of pain. Pain and anxiety contribute to morbidity and mortality. Thus, analgesia and sedation should help to attenuate the patient’s reaction to trauma as far as it is influenced by pain and anxiety, to support emergency care procedures, and hopefully to prevent acute pain from becoming chronic.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University Hospital, University of Nijmegen, Geert Grooteplein 14, NL-6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Rene Jan Albert Goris

  2. Department of Surgery, University Hospital, University of Zürich, Rämistrasse 100, CH-8091, Zürich, Switzerland

    Otmar Trentz

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Kerz, T., Dick, W.F. (1995). Analgesia and Sedatives in Emergencies. In: Goris, R.J.A., Trentz, O. (eds) The Integrated Approach to Trauma Care. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79272-4_6

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