Critically reappraising the literature-driven practice of analgesia administration for acute abdominal pain in the emergency room prior to surgical evaluation

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-296

  Nissman, Steven A ^a   Kaplan, Lewis J ^b   Mann, Barry D ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Acute abdomen; Analgesics; Emergency department; Opioids

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FIRST AID; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

EID: 0037376766     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)01412-5     Document Type: Article

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