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- Title
Pain Scores Are Not Predictive of Radiographically Evident Intraabdominal Pathology in Patients With Abdominal Pain.
- Authors
Zitek, Tony; Pellman, Lauren; Uribe, Jessica; Guillen, Arantxa; Caterino, Jeffrey M
- Abstract
The article present a study which determine if there is relationship between the pain scores documented at triage and radiographically evident intraabdominal pathology. Topics include a chart review at a single, academic county hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada, on issue; association of pain scores with opioid administration, disposition or surgical procedures; and assessing for an association between initial pain scores and the presence of intraabdominal pathology on Computed tomography (CT) scan.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTIC use of narcotics; ABDOMINAL pain; COMPUTED tomography; HOSPITAL emergency services; NARCOTICS; PAIN management; PAIN measurement; INTRA-abdominal infections
- Publication
Academic Emergency Medicine, 2019, Vol 26, Issue 10, p1169
- ISSN
1069-6563
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/acem.13841