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- Published on: 16 September 2009
- Published on: 19 November 2008
- Published on: 16 September 2009Is the surgeon be consealed with the dianogsis?Show More
Dear authors:
I am impressed with your article, because in our country, the major part of surgeons still believe analgesics would mask the physical findings and delay the time of accurate diagnosis.
In your article, I have a question that patients were examined by surgeons not involved in their care while they were waiting for operation. I wondered if the surgeons had already known the diagnosis of patients or...
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None declared. - Published on: 19 November 2008Ethics and analgesiaShow More
We were interested to read the article by Amoli et at [1] confirming that morphine reduces pain in patients with acute appendicitis without affecting diagnostic accuracy. Although the trial was said to be carried out according to the Declaration of Helsinki [2], we were concerned that emergency department patients with a clinically convincing presentation of acute appendicitis sufficient to warrant booking for appendicect...
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