6yo https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👦" title="Junge" aria-label="Emoji: Junge"> presents to your ED with multiple deep lacs after being attacked by the neighbor& #39;s https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐕" title="Hund" aria-label="Emoji: Hund">... He& #39;s screaming/crying in pain but wont let the RN get near him for an IV, looking at the https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💉" title="Spritze" aria-label="Emoji: Spritze"> makes him https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Laut schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Laut schreiendes Gesicht"> even harder.

How do you treat the pain?

(Josh)
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Consider picking https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👃" title="Nase" aria-label="Emoji: Nase">!

How does intranasal drug delivery work?
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Capillary rich respiratory mucosa allows https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💊" title="Tablette" aria-label="Emoji: Tablette"> to directly enter the https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🩸" title="Tropfen Blut" aria-label="Emoji: Tropfen Blut">(systemic circulation)

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Olfactory mucosal absorption leads to rapid therapeutic levels in the CSF.

Source:[27397490]
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Consider picking https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=!How does intranasal drug delivery work?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Capillary rich respiratory mucosa allows https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💊" title="Tablette" aria-label="Emoji: Tablette"> to directly enter the https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🩸" title="Tropfen Blut" aria-label="Emoji: Tropfen Blut">(systemic circulation)https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Olfactory mucosal absorption leads to rapid therapeutic levels in the CSF. Source:[27397490]2/" title="Consider picking https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👃" title="Nase" aria-label="Emoji: Nase">!How does intranasal drug delivery work?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Capillary rich respiratory mucosa allows https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💊" title="Tablette" aria-label="Emoji: Tablette"> to directly enter the https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🩸" title="Tropfen Blut" aria-label="Emoji: Tropfen Blut">(systemic circulation)https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Olfactory mucosal absorption leads to rapid therapeutic levels in the CSF. Source:[27397490]2/" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
A few nerdy PK pearls below:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💎" title="Edelstein" aria-label="Emoji: Edelstein"> Quick onset of action
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💎" title="Edelstein" aria-label="Emoji: Edelstein"> Lipophilic drugs = better absorbed
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💎" title="Edelstein" aria-label="Emoji: Edelstein"> Unionized drugs https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔀" title="Verbogene nach rechts zeigende Pfeile" aria-label="Emoji: Verbogene nach rechts zeigende Pfeile"> BBB more readily than ionized forms
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💎" title="Edelstein" aria-label="Emoji: Edelstein"> IN delivery bypasses GI & first past metabolism, BUT nasal mucosa contains lots of CYP450 enzymes!

PMID:[30449731]
3/
Optimal for https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Peds, no IV/IO access

Contraindicated in https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⛔️" title="Nicht betreten" aria-label="Emoji: Nicht betreten"> Recent vasoconstrictor use (cocaine, oxymetazoline, etc), facial trauma or septal defect

Commonly used IN https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💊" title="Tablette" aria-label="Emoji: Tablette"> in the ED https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Fentanyl, midazolam, ketamine, naloxone, ketorolac, morphine, TXA

PMID:[28366351][29306421]
4/
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧑‍🌾" title="Farmer" aria-label="Emoji: Farmer"> The PITCHFORK Studyhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👩‍🌾" title="Woman farmer" aria-label="Emoji: Woman farmer">

Double-blind RCT (n=80) in peds 3-13yo w/ mod-severe pain d/t limb injuries

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Fentanyl 1.5mcg/kg IN vs ketamine 1mg/kg IN

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💎" title="Edelstein" aria-label="Emoji: Edelstein"> Similar pain reduction on VAS @ 30min
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💎" title="Edelstein" aria-label="Emoji: Edelstein"> ADEs: Ketamine (~78%) vs fentanyl (~41%) https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> dizziness/taste/https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💤" title="Schlafsymbol" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafsymbol">

PMID:[25447557]
5/
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">The PRIME Trialhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer"> (2019)

Double-blind RCT (n=90) in children ages 8-17yo w/ acute extremity injuries

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Fentanyl 2mcg/kg IN vs ketamine 1mg/kg IN

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💎" title="Edelstein" aria-label="Emoji: Edelstein"> No difference in pain reduction on VAS @ 30min
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💎" title="Edelstein" aria-label="Emoji: Edelstein"> ADEs: Ketamine (77%) vs fentanyl (31%)

PMID:[30592476]
6/
Some tips I learned... the hard way https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤦‍♂️" title="Mann schlägt sich die Hand vors Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Mann schlägt sich die Hand vors Gesicht">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👀" title="Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Augen"> the kiddo& #39;s https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐽" title="Schweinsnase" aria-label="Emoji: Schweinsnase"> for mucus or boogers. Suction is ur friend https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🪠" title="Plunger" aria-label="Emoji: Plunger">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Use high conc. to avoid large volume https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Peds (0.5mL per nostril)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Positioning matters! Aim atomizer UP & OUT (point outward to the https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👂" title="Ohr" aria-label="Emoji: Ohr">)

Source: http://www.aliem.com/pet-pearls-intranasal-medications">https://www.aliem.com/pet-pearl...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💎" title="Edelstein" aria-label="Emoji: Edelstein">Bottom Linehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💎" title="Edelstein" aria-label="Emoji: Edelstein">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> If you pick https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👃" title="Nase" aria-label="Emoji: Nase"> pick lipophilichttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💊" title="Tablette" aria-label="Emoji: Tablette">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Similar pain https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten"> fentanyl vs ketamine but https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben"> ADEs w/ Ketamine
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Pedshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> 0.5mL per nostril
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Aim atomizer UP & OUT point at https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👂" title="Ohr" aria-label="Emoji: Ohr">

Inspired by "In the Nose?!" CSHP& #39;19 CE
by Kimberly Won PharmD BCCCP, Kevin Kaucher PharmD BCCCP
#TwitteRx do you have any tips or tricks for effective IN delivery??

Please share any experiences with IN meds you thought worked or did not work........ IN dexmedetomidine anyonehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👀" title="Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Augen">?

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