Introduction: Pain is the most frequent presenting complaint in patients consulting or admitted to the emergency\ndepartment (ED). Thus, its acute management is often done by physicians working in the ED. These clinicians are\noften general practitioners and not emergency medicine physicians in resource-poor settings. Hence, a mastery of\npain management by these physicians may be important in relieving acute pain. We aimed to assess the\nknowledge, to determine the attitudes and practices of physicians in the management of pain in EDs of Cameroon.\nMethods: We carried out a prospective cross-sectional study over 4 months in the year 2018. We enrolled all\nconsenting physicians who were neither emergency medicine doctors nor anesthesiologists working at the EDs of\nfive tertiary hospitals of Cameroon. Using a validated and pretested structured questionnaire, data on the\nknowledge, attitudes, and practices of acute pain management at the ED by these clinicians were studied. We used\nan externally validated score to assess the knowledge as either poor, insufficient, moderate or good.\nResults: A total of 58 physicians were included; 18 interns or residents and 39 general practitioners�����
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