Intranasal versus intravenous administration of analgesia

Affiliations

¹ Military Training Hospital Begin, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Saint Mande, France.
² 11th Armed Forces Medical Center, 171th Medical Unit, Caylus, France.
³ Paris Fire Brigade, France.
⁴ Lyon Bron Military Health Schools, France.
⁵ École du Val-de-Grâce, French Military Medical Academy, Paris, France.

Nicolas Py et al. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2025.

. 2025 Sep 13:57:101457.

doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101457. eCollection 2025 Oct.

¹ Military Training Hospital Begin, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Saint Mande, France.
² 11th Armed Forces Medical Center, 171th Medical Unit, Caylus, France.
³ Paris Fire Brigade, France.
⁴ Lyon Bron Military Health Schools, France.
⁵ École du Val-de-Grâce, French Military Medical Academy, Paris, France.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare that we have no conflicts of interest.

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