Pethidine

Project resources

Information kit

• Project descripiton
  PDF ~ 124 KB  |  MS_Word ~ 43 KB
• Schedule of activities
  PDF ~ 116 KB  |  MS_Word ~ 53 KB
• Project reporting structure
  PDF ~ 46 KB  |  MS_Word ~ 30 KB
• Data Collection Form - Emergency Department
  PDF ~ 79 KB  |  MS_Word ~ 48 KB
• Data Collection Form - Pharmacy Department
  PDF ~ 97 KB  |  MS_Word ~ 58 KB
• Terms of Reference, Clinical Reference Committee
  PDF ~ 65 KB  |  MS_Word ~ 26 KB

Slides

• Introduction to the pethidine in ED project
  PDF ~ 1.6 MB  |  MS_PowerPoint ~ 9.1 MB
• Education – key messages
  PDF ~ 2.2 MB  |  MS_PowerPoint ~ 6.5 MB

Posters

• Pethidine in ED project
  PDF ~ 577 KB  |  MS_PowerPoint ~ 1.1 MB
• DUE methodology
  PDF ~ 932 KB  |  MS_PowerPoint ~ 917 KB
• 'Is Pethidine the Best Choice?'
  PDF ~ 54 KB  |  MS_Word ~ 60 KB
• 'Why Pethidine is the Wrong Choice'
  PDF ~ 54 KB  |  MS_Word ~ 60 KB
• 'Treating Your Pain'- Patient Waiting Room Poster
  PDF ~ 56 KB  |  MS_Word ~ 202 KB
• Pethidine Prescribing in the ED – Let's Be Rational
  PDF ~ 221 KB  |  MS_PowerPoint ~ 540 KB
• Using DUE to optimise analgesic prescribing in the ED
  PDF ~ 240 KB  |  MS_PowerPoint ~ 4.9 MB

NB The two posters 'Is Pethidine the Best Choice?' and 'Why Pethidine is the Wrong Choice' have identical content but different headings. Please use the heading which best suits your needs.

Final project meeting presentations, August 2003

• Interim aggregate results (K Kaye)
  PDF ~ 219 KB  |  MS_PowerPoint ~ 1.2 MB
• Evidence to excellence (S Welch)
  PDF ~ 1.2 MB  |  MS_PowerPoint ~ 4.4 MB

Hospital Facilitators Workshop presentations, December 2002

• Introduction and Project Overview (K Kaye)
  PDF ~ 1.3 MB  |  MS_PowerPoint ~ 6.9 MB
• Gap Between Evidence and Practice (R Day)
  PDF ~ 1.3 MB  |  MS_PowerPoint ~ 1.8 MB
• Effective Ways to Change Practice (J Mackson)
  PDF ~ 262 KB  |  MS_PowerPoint ~ 216 KB
• Project Implementation and DUE Theory and Practice (K Kaye)
  PDF ~ 905 KB  |  MS_PowerPoint ~ 4 MB

Pain guidelines

NSW TAG has produced guidelines for rational use of opioids for GP prescribing in migraine, low back pain, chronic or recurrent pain. Patient brochures are also available. These can be accessed here.

Other resources

• Frequently Asked Questions
  PDF ~ 199 KB  |  MS_Word ~ 89 KB
• NSW TAG's position statement on tramadol
  PDF ~ 259 KB  |  MS_Word ~ 137 KB
• NSW TAG identified the following articles of interest:
  
  • Palacioz K, Inapproriate meperidine use. Pharmacist's letter 2001; 17: 1117
  • Lee F, Cundiff D. Meperidine vs morphine in pancreatitis and cholecystitis. Arch Int Med 1998; 158: 2399
  • Helm JF, Venu RP, Geenen JE. Effects of morphine on the human sphincter of Oddi. Gut 1988; 29: 1402-7
  • Latta KS, Ginsberg B, Barkin RL. Meperidine-A Critical Review. American Journal of Therapeutics 2003; 9(1):53-68
  • Boothby LA et al. Academic Detailing of Meperidine at a Teaching Hospital. Hospital Pharmacy 2003; 38(1): 30-35