Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 371-378 , October 2007

Efficacy and Impact of Intravenous Morphine Before Surgical Consultation in Children With Right Lower Quadrant Pain Suggestive of Appendicitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Benoit Bailey, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Benoit Bailey, MD, MSc, FRCPC, CHU Ste-Justine, 3175 Chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1C5; 514-345-4931 ext 6276, fax 514-345-4823
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  • Sylvie Bergeron, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Jocelyn Gravel, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Jean-François Bussières, BPharm, MSc, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Arie Bensoussan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Received 1 March 2007 ,Revised 15 April 2007 ,Accepted 19 April 2007.

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 Supervising editor: Steven M. Green, MD

 Author contributions: BB, SB, JG, J-FB and AB conceived the study and designed the trial. SB obtained research funding. BB, SB, and JG supervised the conduct of the trial and data collection and undertook recruitment of patients. BB managed the data. BB and JG provided statistical advice on study design. BB analyzed the data. BB drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. BB takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for example of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Supported by a grant from Fonds d’Opération pour les Projets de Recherche Clinique Épidémiologique et Évaluative du Centre de Recherche de l’Hôpital Ste-Justine.

 Available online June 27, 2007.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(07)00545-8

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.04.018

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 371-378 , October 2007

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