Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatr Anaesth
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Paediatric anaesthesia · May 2009
ReviewThe efficacy and effect of opioid analgesia in undifferentiated abdominal pain in children: a review of four studies.
The question of whether opioid analgesia should be given in patients with undifferentiated acute abdominal pain has been characterized by concerns about its efficacy and that signs used to determine accurate diagnosis may be masked by the drug. The objective of this review is to critically analyze pertinent pediatric randomized controlled studies considering this issue. ⋯ A large, probably multi-centred trial is needed to answer with sufficient power the question of whether opioid analgesia impairs diagnostic accuracy in children with undifferentiated acute abdominal pain.