Efficacy of patient-controlled analgesia for patients with acute abdominal pain in the emergency department: A randomized trial

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 370-377

  Birnbaum, Adrienne ^a   Schechter, Clyde ^a   Tufaro, Virginia ^b   Touger, Rebecca ^a   Gallagher, E John ^a   Bijur, Polly ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 84859910847     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01322.x     Document Type: Article

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