Intervention Study with Algoplus

Evaluation of acute pain is often difficult in older patients admitted to the Emergency Department (ED), and self-evaluation of pain is not always possible. This observational study evaluates how the systematic use of AlgoplusThe intervention study (NCT 02258503) took place in 4 steps in the ED, University Hospital Clermont-Ferrand, France. Pain assessment and analgesics prescription were collected from medical files for 3 months. For 6 months, the whole staff of the ED were trained on pain assessment and to use AlgoplusThe intervention led to systematic pain evaluation with AlgoplusThe systematic introduction of Algoplus