American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 176-180, February 2008

Is early analgesia associated with delayed treatment of appendicitis?

  • Steven P. Frei, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg, Bethlehem, PA 18017, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 484 884 2521; fax: +1 610 861 7783.
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  • William F. Bond, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg, Bethlehem, PA 18017, USA
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  • Robert K. Bazuro, DO

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT, formerly Emergency Medicine Residency, Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg, Bethlehem, PA 18017, USA
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  • David M. Richardson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg, Bethlehem, PA 18017, USA
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  • Gina M. Sierzega, MA

      Affiliations

    • Healthcare Research, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA 18105, USA
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  • Thomas E. Wasser, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Formerly of Department of Health Studies, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA 18105, USA

Received 28 February 2007; received in revised form 17 April 2007; accepted 18 April 2007.

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 Preliminary results of this study were presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting in New York City, NY, as an oral presentation on May 22, 2005.

PII: S0735-6757(07)00305-1

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2007.04.024

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 176-180, February 2008

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