Return rates for opioid versus nonopoid management of patients with abdominal pain in the emergency department

Focused versus screening CT scans for evaluation of nontraumatic abdominal pain in the emergency department

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the utility of computed tomography (CT) scans in patients with abdominal pain in the emergency department. We compared focused scans (having a single diagnosis in mind) and screening scans (having no diagnosis or more than one diagnosis in mind) with the hypothesis that focused scans will reveal pathology more often than screening scans. Treatment plans and patient outcome...

Association of race and ethnicity with management of abdominal pain in the emergency department.

OBJECTIVE To determine if race/ethnicity-based differences exist in the management of pediatric abdominal pain in emergency departments (EDs). METHODS Secondary analysis of data from the 2006-2009 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey regarding 2298 visits by patients ≤ 21 years old who presented to EDs with abdominal pain. Main outcomes were documentation of pain score and receipt...

Abdominal Computed Tomography Utilization and 30-day Revisitation in Emergency Department Patients Presenting With Abdominal Pain.

OBJECTIVES The objective was to explore which patient characteristics are associated with repeat emergency department (ED) visitation within 30 days of ED discharge for patients presenting with abdominal pain. METHODS A retrospective, observational study was conducted at a single, academic, urban ED with over 85,000 annual visits. A consecutive sample of adult patients with a chief complaint ...

Pain management in the emergency department.

randomized controlled trial study about compare of post operative pain after milligan morgan versus submucosal hemorrhoidectomy with & without pudendal nerve marcaine block in patients that had hemorrhoidectomy in imam hossein hospital of shahrood in 1389-90

مقدمه:هموروئید یکی از شایعترین بیماریهای جراحی ناحیه آنورکتال است که با درد و خونریزی بروز می کند. کاهش دردبعد عمل علاوه بر افزایش رضایت بیمار باعث کاهش مدت بستری و کاهش بار تحمیلی بر روی اقتصاد جامعه می گردد. مطالعه حاضر مقایسه ای از لحاظ میزان درد و میزان تأثیر مارکائین به عنوان روشی برای پروفیلاکسی درد بعداز عمل،دو روش هموروئیدکتومی باز و بسته انجام می دهد. مواد وروشها: این مطالعه کارآزمایی...