Do opiates affect the clinical evaluation of patients with acute abdominal pain?

JAMA

Volumn 296, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1764-1774

  Ranji, Sumant R ^a   Goldman, L Elizabeth ^a   Simel, David L ^b   Shojania, Kaveh G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE SULFATE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; TRAMADOL;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33749610794     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.296.14.1764     Document Type: Review

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