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  • Title: Hepatobiliary imaging and the use of intravenous morphine.
    Author: Keslar PJ, Turbiner EH.
    Journal: Clin Nucl Med; 1987 Aug; 12(8):592-6. PubMed ID: 3665297.
    Abstract:
    Thirty-one patients suspected of acute cholecystitis were studied prospectively using hepatobiliary imaging in conjunction with intravenous morphine. If persistent nonvisualization of the gallbladder occurred post-morphine, delayed 4 hour imaging was performed. Intravenous morphine correctly diagnosed acute cholecystitis in 94% of cases. Through the use of intravenous morphine, imaging time can be decreased from 4 to 1.5 hours.
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