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Multimodal Pain Management in Emergency Medicine: A Narrative Review
1Istanbul Medeniyet University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Medeniyet Medical Journal
|July 1, 2026
Summary
Effective pain management in emergency departments requires a multimodal approach. Combining various strategies improves pain control and reduces opioid reliance, enhancing patient safety and care consistency.
Area of Science:
- Emergency Medicine
- Pain Management
- Pharmacology
Background:
- Pain is a primary emergency department (ED) complaint, often undertreated despite available therapies.
- ED physicians face challenges in providing timely analgesia due to diagnostic uncertainty, patient variability, and opioid safety concerns.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review current evidence on multimodal pain management strategies in emergency medicine.
- To highlight the benefits and implementation challenges of multimodal analgesia in the ED setting.
Main Methods:
- A narrative review synthesizing contemporary evidence.
- Literature search of PubMed and Scopus (2015-2025), including landmark studies and clinical guidelines.
Main Results:
- Multimodal analgesia, integrating pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods, enhances pain control and decreases opioid use in emergency settings.
- Key components include prompt assessment, timely treatment, opioid-sparing tactics, non-opioid analgesics, low-dose ketamine, and regional anesthesia.
Conclusions:
- A structured, patient-centered multimodal approach can optimize pain management in the ED.
- Implementation barriers include overcrowding, workflow pressures, and clinician experience variability.
- This approach promotes safer and more consistent analgesic care for emergency patients.
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