Early analgesia for children with acute abdominal pain

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 978-983

  Green, Robert ^a   Bulloch, Blake ^b   Kabani, Amin ^c   Hancock, Betty Jean ^c   Tenenbein, Milton ^c,d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Analgesia; Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; PLACEBO; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 31944437176     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0273     Document Type: Article

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