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Title
Do opiates affect the clinical evaluation of patients with acute abdominal pain?
Authors
Ranji, Sumant R; Goldman, L Elizabeth; Simel, David L; Shojania, Kaveh G
Abstract
Clinicians have traditionally withheld opiate analgesia from patients with acute abdominal pain until after evaluation by a surgeon, out of concern that analgesia may alter the physical findings and interfere with diagnosis.