From: Administration of analgesics in patients with acute abdominal pain: a survey of the practice of doctors in a developing country
Interference with evolution of signs
Yes
455
84.4%
No
84
15.6%
Effect on diagnosis
Enhance
28
5.2%
Impair
420
77.9%
No effect
91
16.9%
Effect on outcome
Adverse effect
294
54.5%
Beneficial
112
20.8%
None
133
24.7%