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Table 1 Distribution of the definitive diagnosis (D3)

From: Preoperative pain treatment in acute abdomen in Osogbo, Nigeria: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study

 

Definitive diagnosis (D3)

Tramadol

Placebo

1

Acute appendicitis

14

19

2

Typhoid ileal perforation

5

1

3

Typhoid enteritis

4

6

4

Adhesive intestinal obstruction

4

3

5

Perforated pud

3

2

6

Acute exacerbation of pud

3

0

7

Perforated appendix

2

2

8

Acute cholecystitis

2

1

9

Sigmoid volvulus

2

1

10

Appendiceal abscess

2

0

11

Appendiceal mass

0

1

12

Anastomotic colonic stricture

0

1

13

Acute pancreatitis

0

1

14

Perforated colonic tumor

0

1

15

Amebic colitis

1

1

16

Infected colonic tumor

0

1

17

Symptomatic ovarian cyst

1

1

18

Peritonism (reduced strangulated hernia)

1

1

19

Pelvic inflammatory disease

1

1

20

Residual abscess

0

1

21

Perforated colon (post-colonoscopy)

0

1

22

Infected renal cyst

0

1

23

Abdominal tuberculosis

0

1

24

Gastroenteritis

0

1

 

Total

46

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