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Is there an ideal morphine dose for prehospital treatment of severe acute pain? A randomized, double-blind comparison of 2 doses☆☆☆★★

Vincent Bounes
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Sandrine Charpentier
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Sandrine Charpentier
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Charles-Henri Houze-Cerfon
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Charles-Henri Houze-Cerfon
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Cédric Bellard
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Cédric Bellard
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Jean Louis Ducassé
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Jean Louis Ducassé
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SAMU 31, Pôle de médecine d'urgences, Hôpitaux Universitaires, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2007.04.020

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            ☆Support was provided solely by institutional sources; this work was sponsored by the University Hospital of Toulouse for regulatory and ethic submission.

            ☆☆This study has the ClinicalTrials.gov registration number NCT00237731.

            ★★Work is attributed to Service d'Aide Médicale Urgente 31, Center Hospitalier Universitaire Purpan, Toulouse, France.

            © 2008 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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