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Analgesia in undifferentiated abdominal pain: Is it safe?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Andrew Healey  and
Mark Mensour
Andrew Healey*
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine Training Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Mark Mensour
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, East Campus, Sudbury, Ont. and the Northeastern Ontario Family Medicine Program, Emergency Medicine and Anesthesia, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare, Huntsville, Ont.
*
47 Valridge Drive, Ancaster ON L9G 4Y7; ahealey@sympatico.ca

Abstract

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Keywords

abdominal painanalgesiaethics
Type
Education • Éducation
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , March 2007 , pp. 114 - 117
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2007

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