Journal article
Opioid Analgesia for Acute Abdominal Pain in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: There are long-held concerns that analgesia in patients with acute abdominal pain may obscure the physical examination and lead to missing a diagnosis of appendicitis. Despite evidence to the contrary, analgesia continues to be underutilized and suboptimally dosed in children with acute abdominal pain. The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine if opioids provide analgesia without an increase in side …
Authors
Poonai N; Paskar D; Konrad S; Rieder M; Joubert G; Lim R; Golozar A; Uledi S; Worster A; Ali S
Journal
Academic Emergency Medicine, Vol. 21, No. 11, pp. 1183–1192
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
November 2014
DOI
10.1111/acem.12509
ISSN
1069-6563