Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 563-566 , November 2008

Analgesia in Patients With Acute Abdominal Pain: To Withhold or Not to Withhold?

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PII: S0196-0644(07)01863-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.12.014

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 563-566 , November 2008

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