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Treating Prehospital Pain in Children: A Retrospective Chart Review Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of Prehospital Pediatric Ketamine and Opioid Analgesia

Amima Mahmooda Amima Mahmood, PharmD Candidate 2023, and Deborah Wagner, PharmD, FASHP, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Nathaniel Huntb Nathaniel Hunt, MD, James A. Cranford, PhD, Stacey Noel, MD, and Christine Brent, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USAView further author information
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Spencer Masiewiczc Spencer Masiewicz, DO, Department of Emergency Medicine, Northeast Georgia Health System, Gainesville, GA, USAView further author information
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James A. Cranfordb Nathaniel Hunt, MD, James A. Cranford, PhD, Stacey Noel, MD, and Christine Brent, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USAView further author information
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Stacey Noelb Nathaniel Hunt, MD, James A. Cranford, PhD, Stacey Noel, MD, and Christine Brent, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USAView further author information
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Christine Brentb Nathaniel Hunt, MD, James A. Cranford, PhD, Stacey Noel, MD, and Christine Brent, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USAView further author information
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Deborah Wagnera Amima Mahmood, PharmD Candidate 2023, and Deborah Wagner, PharmD, FASHP, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;d Deborah Wagner, PharmD, FASHP, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.View further author information
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Pages 133-142 | Received 02 May 2022, Accepted 09 Jan 2023, Published online: 30 Jan 2023

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