Does early analgesia interfere with diagnostic process in acute abdominal pain syndrome?
D'Ambrogio, A.; Peloponissios, N.; Blanc, C.; Schreyer, N.
Revue Medicale Suisse 2(70): 1593-1596
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 1660-9379 PMID: 16838727 Document Number: 596363
Early pain management with opioid by patients admitted for abdominal pain is widely contested. Emergency physicians are feared to interfere with physical examination and the ability to make a correct diagnosis. The present review tends to show that opioids are safe in this context. The authors consider that early provision of pain management, even with opioids, should be effective.
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