Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Emergency department management of undifferentiated abdominal pain with hyoscine butylbromide and paracetamol: a randomised control trial.
To compare the effectiveness of paracetamol, hyoscine butylbromide and the combination of paracetamol plus hyoscine butylbromide (paracetamol + hyoscine butylbromide) in the management of patients with acute undifferentiated abdominal pain attending the emergency department (ED). ⋯ The trial data suggest that oral paracetamol is at least as effective as intravenous hyoscine butylbromide and a combination of both drugs in the management of acute undifferentiated abdominal pain presenting to the ED. Based on these results and factors such as cost and tolerability, we recommend single agent paracetamol as the agent of choice for the management of acute mild to moderate undifferentiated abdominal pain.