2006
Intravenous Morphine Plus Ketorolac Is Superior to Either Drug Alone for Treatment of Acute Renal Colic
Safdar B, Degutis LC, Landry K, Vedere SR, Moscovitz HC, D’Onofrio G. Intravenous Morphine Plus Ketorolac Is Superior to Either Drug Alone for Treatment of Acute Renal Colic. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2006, 48: 173-181.e1. PMID: 16953530, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.03.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute renal colicRenal colicRescue analgesiaMorphine groupCombination of morphineHours of presentationVerbal pain scalePresence of peritonitisVisual analog scaleAnti-inflammatory drugsIntravenous ketorolacKetorolac groupRescue morphineIntravenous morphinePain reductionPain reliefPain scoresModerate painPain scaleConsecutive patientsPrimary outcomeAnalog scaleCombination therapyEmergency departmentPain ratings
1998
Computed Tomography in the Initial Evaluation of Hemodynamically Stable Patients with Blunt Abdominal Trauma
Taylor C, Degutis L, Lange R, Burns G, Cohn S, Rosenfield A. Computed Tomography in the Initial Evaluation of Hemodynamically Stable Patients with Blunt Abdominal Trauma. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 1998, 44: 893-901.. PMID: 9603095, DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199805000-00025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlunt abdominal traumaAbdominal traumaComputed tomographyGrading systemGrading of injuryHemodynamically Stable PatientsRate of admissionReporting of injuriesFive-point grading systemLevel 2 injuriesSpecificity 89.5Exploratory laparotomyAbdominal injuriesStable patientsSurgical managementTrauma casesPatient triageDiagnostic certaintyOverall severityIndeterminate studiesInjurySensitivity 100Initial evaluationInterobserver variabilityTrauma