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Table 2 Frequency of fentanyl administration among patients with moderate and severe pain

From: Acute pain in the prehospital setting: a register-based study of 41.241 patients

 

ICD-10 chapters

Total

Moderatea, b

Fentanyl adm.

Severea, c

Fentanyl adm.

n

%

n (%)

%

n (%)

I

Infectious and parasitic diseases

244

73.0 (66.9–78.4)

8 (3.3)

27.0 (21.6–33.1)

21 (8.6)

II

In situ neoplasms

96

63.0 (52.0–72.2)

3 (3.1)

37.0 (27.8–48.0)

10 (10.4)

III

Diseases of blood, blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism

40

57.5 (40.9–73.0)

1 (2.5)

42.5 (27.0–59.1)

11 (27.5)

IV

Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic disease

77

70.1 (58.6–80.0)

2 (2.6)

29.9 (20.0–41.3)

5 (6.5)

V

Mental and behavioral disorders

80

83.8 (73.8–91.1)

–

16.2 (8.9–26.2)

3 (3.8)

VI

Diseases of the nervous system

157

63.7 (55.7–71.2)

3 (1.9)

36.3 (28.8–44.3)

7 (4.5)

VII

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

5

80.0 (28.4–99.5)

–

20.0 (0.5–71.6)

–

VIII

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process

14

64.3 (35.1–87.2)

–

35.7 (12.8–64.9)

2 (14.3)

IX

Diseases of the circulatory system

1064

68.2 (65.3–71.0)

111 (10.4)

31.8 (29.0–34.7)

156 (14.7)

X

Diseases of the respiratory system

491

75.5 (70.4–78.3)

16 (3.2)

24.5 (21.7–29.6)

48 (9.8)

XI

Diseases of the digestive system

814

50.5 (47.0–54.0)

39 (4.8)

49.5 (46.0–53.0)

167 (20.5)

XII

Diseases of skin and subcutaneous tissue

12

83.3 (51.6–97.9)

–

16.7 (2.1–48.4)

–

XIII

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

468

45.5 (40.9–50.1)

38 (8.1)

54.5 (49.9–59.1)

145 (31.0)

XIV

Diseases of the genitourinary system

370

53.0 (47.7–58.2)

25 (6.8)

47.0 (41.8–52.3)

90 (24.3)

XV

Pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium

114

59.6 (50.1–68.7)

3 (2.6)

40.4 (31.3–49.9)

9 (7.9)

XVI

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

0

–

–

–

–

XVII

Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities

3

–

–

–

–

XVIII

Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

2022

63.1 (61.0–65.2)

82 (4.1)

36.9 (34.8–39.0)

240 (11.9)

XIX

Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes

3442

59.6 (58.0–61.3)

336 (10.0)

40.4 (38.7–42.0)

994 (28.9)

XX

External causes of morbidity and mortality

0

–

–

–

–

XXI

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services

1630

69.8 (67.5–72.0)

118 (7.2)

30.2 (28.0–32.5)

182 (11.2)

–

Unknown

287

85.0 (80.4–88.9)

2 (0.7)

15.0 (11.1–19.6)

8 (2.9)

 

Total

11,430

27.7 (27.3–28.2)

788 (6.9)

32.2 (31.7–32.6)

2098 (18.4)

  1. Abbreviations: ICD-10 10th version of the international classification of diseases, Adm administration
  2. aGiven as proportions (%) with 95% confidence intervals
  3. bModerate pain defined as a numeric rating scale 4–6 or moderate pain registered on a 4-point verbal rating scale upon initial patient triage
  4. cSevere pain defined as a numeric rating scale ≥ 7 or severe pain registered on a 4-point verbal rating scale upon initial patient triage