The impact of analgesia on the diagnostic accuracy of the sonographic murphy’s sign

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 80-83

  Noble, Vicki E ^a   Liteplo, Andrew S ^a   Nelson, Bret P ^a,b   Thomas, Stephen H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Analgesia; Sonographic murphy s sign; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PETHIDINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RADIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIA; CHOLECYSTITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MEPERIDINE; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79952467103     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32832e9627     Document Type: Article

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