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Between 2013 and 2015, patients were managed primarily by surgeons in the GED; between 2019 and 2023, by pediatric emergency medicine physicians in the PED, following a 3-year transition period. Data on demographics, injury characteristics, pain assessment, and analgesia\/sedation were extracted from the trauma registry and medical records. The primary outcome was analgesia administration rate. Secondary analyses compared provider type and analgesia rates between pediatric and adult trauma patients treated in the GED.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Seventy-three pediatric patients met inclusion criteria (GED: 36; PED: 37). ISS scores were similar (GED: 16 [interquartile range (IQR) 16\u201319.5] vs. PED: 17 [IQR 16\u201321],\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.16). Analgesia was administered to 48.6% of PED patients versus 33.3% in the GED (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.18). Opioid use was 19% versus 13.8%, and sedative use was 21.6% versus 8.3%, respectively. Pain score documentation was more consistent in the PED. Children treated in the GED received significantly less analgesia than adults with similar ISS scores treated in the same department (33.3% vs. 78.3%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.0001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Analgesia administration in severely injured children remained low across both emergency settings. While trends suggested improved management in the PED, findings may reflect broader changes in care over time, highlighting the ongoing need for standardized pain assessment and treatment protocols in pediatric trauma care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/jets.jets_173_25","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,16]],"date-time":"2026-09-16T13:02:19Z","timestamp":1789563739000},"page":"115-120","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Analgesia Administration in Severely Injured Pediatric Trauma Patients: A Comparison of General and Pediatric Emergency Departments"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Shada Abu Ahmed","family":"Joffeh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric, Ha\u2019Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yoav","family":"Carsenty","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Emergency, Ha\u2019Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nataliay","family":"Meltsin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Trauma Unit, Ha\u2019Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Riham Abu Salah","family":"Shibli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Trauma Unit, Ha\u2019Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gilad","family":"Chayen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Emergency, Ha\u2019Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ron","family":"Jacob","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Emergency, Ha\u2019Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel"},{"name":"Department of Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1-20260916","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"315","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpedsurg.2022.10.042","article-title":"Computed tomography rates in pediatric trauma patients among emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine physicians","volume":"58","author":"Pariaszevski","year":"2023","journal-title":"J Pediatr Surg"},{"key":"R2-20260916","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"489","DOI":"10.1007\/s43678-023-00516-z","article-title":"Do patient outcomes differ when the trauma team leader is a surgeon or non-surgeon? 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