Tramadol or paracetamol do not effect the diagnostic accuracy of acute abdominal pain with significant pain relief - A prospective, randomized, placebo controlled double blind study

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1983-1988

  Oguzturk, H ^a   Ozgur, D ^b   Turtay, M G ^a   Kayaalp, C ^b   Yilmaz, S ^b   Dogan, M ^b   Pamukcu, E ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Emergency Department; Paracetamol; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OVARY CYST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANCREATITIS; PERITONITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACETAMINOPHEN; ACUTE PAIN; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874042859     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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