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Effect of Pain Control on the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis on the Diagnostic Accuracy of General Surgeon

NCT00783016 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 234

Last updated 2011-07-26

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Summary

The pain control in surgical abdomen has been in debate in masking the correct diagnosis. We would like to investigate the effect of pain control on the diagnostic accuracy of surgeon in suspicious appendicitis patients.

We would give morphine or placebo to the patients suspected of appendicitis randomly and in double-blinded manner, and then surgeons would exam the patient and give the impression for the possibility of the appendicitis(grading 1 to 4).

With this grading, we compare these impression between two groups.

Conditions

  • Appendicitis

Interventions

DRUG

Morphine

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-10-31
Primary Completion
2011-02-28
Completion
2011-05-31

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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