Efficacy and Impact of Intravenous Morphine Before Surgical Consultation in Children With Right Lower Quadrant Pain Suggestive of Appendicitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-378

  Bailey, Benoit ^a   Bergeron, Sylvie ^a   Gravel, Jocelyn ^a   Bussières, Jean François ^a   Bensoussan, Arie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; SURGERY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548577853     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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