Safety and impact on diagnostic accuracy of early analgesia in suspected acute appendicitis: A meta-analysis

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 847-852

  Ciarrocchi, Andrea ^a   Amicucci, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Acute appendicitis; Analgesia

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANALGESIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EFFECT SIZE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANALGESIA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; APPENDICITIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; OPIATE ALKALOIDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84887143250     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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