Morphine Analgesia in Patients With Acute Appendicitis

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate morphine effect on pain reduction and diagnostic accuracy in patients admitted to emergency ward with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
• Treatments: Morphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• clinical signs of acute appendicitis

• planned for appendectomy

• supposed to wait for at least 1 hour in the ED before operation

Exclusion Criteria:

• suspicion to perforated appendicitis

• being under the age of 13

• pregnancy (according to history and ß-HCG result)

• opium addiction

• systolic blood pressure of less than 90 mmHG

• known cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

• known sensitivity to morphine

• history of sickle cell disease

• self administration of analgesics before enrollment

• refusal to participate