Table 4.
Nonpharmacological management used (multiple responses permitted).*
| Ibuprofen group (n = 140) n (%) |
Oxycodone group (n = 70) n (%) |
Total cohort (n = 210) n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Used in ED | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Used in ED | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Used in ED | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | |
| None | 2 (1.4) | 4 (2.9) | 7 (5.0) | 3 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.9) | 1 (1.4) | 3 (4.2) | 2 (1.0) | 6 (2.9) | 8 (3.8) | 6 (2.9) |
| Splint | 39 (27.9) | 21 (15.0) | 21 (15.1) | 22 (16.2) | 6 (8.6) | 2 (2.9) | 1 (1.4) | 6 (9.4) | 45 (21.4) | 23 (11.0) | 22 (10.5) | 28 (14.0) |
| Cast | 89 (63.6) | 95 (67.9) | 88 (63.3) | 88 (64.7) | 36 (51.4) | 40 (57.1) | 39 (55.7) | 31 (48.4) | 125 (59.5) | 135 (64.3) | 127 (60.8) | 119 (59.5) |
| Sling | 35 (25.0) | 42 (30.0) | 37 (26.6) | 36 (26.5) | 36 (51.4) | 34 (48.6) | 37 (52.9) | 29 (45.3) | 71 (33.8) | 76 (36.2) | 74 (35.4) | 65 (32.5) |
| Ice | 6 (4.3) | 23 (16.4) | 23 (16.5) | 14 (10.3) | 6 (8.6) | 14 (20.0) | 24 (34.3) | 10 (15.6) | 12 (5.7) | 37 (17.6) | 47 (22.5) | 24 (12.0) |
| Tensor | 0 | 2 (1.4) | 0 | 0 | 2 (2.9) | 0 | 3 (4.3) | 2 (3.1) | 2 (1.0) | 2 (1.0) | 3 (1.4) | 2 (1.0) |
| Elevation | 3 (2.1) | 47 (33.6) | 41 (29.5) | 39 (28.9) | 1 (1.4) | 13 (18.6) | 9 (12.9) | 9 (14.1) | 4 (1.9) | 60 (28.6) | 50 (23.9) | 48 (24.0) |
| Wheelchair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.6) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 2 (1.0) |
| Crutches | 6 (4.3) | 2 (1.4) | 1 (0.7) | 0 | 4 (5.7) | 2 (2.9) | 2 (2.9) | 2 (3.1) | 10 (4.8) | 4 (1.9) | 3 (1.4) | 2 (1.0) |
*
Number of respondents varied per day.
ED, emergency department.