Comparative evaluation of the accuracy of immunoassay with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) of urine drug testing (UDT) opioids and illicit drugs in chronic pain patients

Pain Physician

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-187

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b   Malla, Yogesh ^a   Wargo, Bradley W ^a   Fellows, Bert ^a  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Controlled substances; Illicit drugs; Immunoassay; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; Opioids; Urine drug testing

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; CODEINE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYCODONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; URINE DRUG TESTING;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 79952834227     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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