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Selected Articles: The impact of parenteral opioid analgesics on sonographic and clinical diagnostic accuracy for suspected acute appendicitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Michael Bullard*
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
Sunil Sookram
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
Bruce Campana
Affiliation:
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, WMC 1G1.50, 8440 112 St., Edmonton AB T6G 2B7

Abstract

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Type
CJEM Journal Club • Club De Lecture Du JCMU
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 1999

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