Analgesia in patients with acute abdominal pain

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Manterola, Carlos ^a   Astudillo, P ^b   Losada, H ^b   Pineda, V ^b   Sanhueza, A ^b   Vial, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Analgesics, opioid; Abdominal pain *drug therapy ; Acute disease; Analgesia *methods ; Humans; Randomized controlled trials as topic

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; OPIATE; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 44949264079     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005660.pub2     Document Type: Review

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