Acute Pain
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 33-35 , May 2005

Prospective randomised controlled trial comparing rectal versus oral paracetamol and diclofenac in children following appendicectomy

  • S.E. Willey

      Affiliations

    • University of Southampton Medical School, 12 Gravel Lane, Charlton Marshall, Blandford, Dorset DT11 9NS, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: ENT Department, Dorset County Hospital, Williams Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 2JY, UK. Tel.: 44 1305 251150; fax: +44 1252 544 754.
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  • D.M. Griffiths

      Affiliations

    • Southampton University Hospitals Trust, Southampton, UK
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  • J.J. Nightingale

      Affiliations

    • Portsmouth Hospitals Trust, Portsmouth, UK

Received 7 August 2003 ,Revised 28 February 2005 ,Accepted 4 April 2005.

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PII: S1366-0071(05)00010-0

doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2005.04.001

Acute Pain
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 33-35 , May 2005

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