Opioid analgesia and assessment of the sonographic Murphy sign

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-413

  Nelson, Bret P ^a   Senecal, Emily L ^a   Hong, Christine ^b   Ptak, Thomas ^b   Thomas, Stephen H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal pain; emergency department; oligoanalgesia; sonographic Murphy sign; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SONOGRAPHIC MURPHY SIGN;

EID: 17144429588     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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