Morphine analgesia in patients with acute appendicitis: A randomised double-blind clinical trial

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 586-589

  Amoli, H A ^a   Golozar, A ^b   Keshavarzi, S ^b   Tavakoli, H ^a   Yaghoobi, A ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE SULFATE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; APPENDICITIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 51049107486     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.050914     Document Type: Article

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