Analgesia management in adults with traumatic rib fractures: a scoping review

This scoping review aims to investigate the current evidence related to analgesia management of adult patients with traumatic rib fractures. This review will include studies involving adults (≥18 years) with traumatic rib fractures. The concept of interest is analgesia management, including systemic, regional, and multimodal strategies. The context will include patients admitted to emergency departments and acute hospital settings. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods studies will be considered. The scoping review will be conducted in accordance with JBI methodology and reported using PRISMA-ScR guidelines. Electronic databases including CINAHL, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, MEDLINE, and Scopus will be searched. Limits will be set to papers published in English, with full text available. Study selection and data charting will be performed using Covidence software. Findings will be synthesised descriptively and presented in tabular and narrative form.