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S M Greenfield, G J Webster, F R Vicary. 1997-01-18. Drinking before sedation.. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.314.7075.162
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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine if right-left pelvic pain orientation exists in all patients, and to estimate the frequency of pain referral patterns in the pelvis. DESIGN: Prospective, nonrandomized trial (Canadian Task Force classification II-1). SETTING: University-affiliated hospital. PATIENTS: One hundred consecutive women with no pain undergoing tubal sterilization or investigation of infertility (group A) were compared with 225 women with chronic pelvic pain of greater than 6 months' duration (group B). INTERVENTION: Patient-assisted laparoscopy with intravenous conscious sedation and pelvic pain mapping. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Of women in group A, 69% had correct right-left orientation, 18% had pain perceived on the opposite side of the abdomen, and 31% had pain referred to another location in the abdomen. The results were similar in women in group B, 65% of whom had correct orientation, 15% had pain perceived on the opposite side of the abdomen, and 35% had pain referred to another location. CONCLUSION: This demonstrates the need to ask on which side a woman feels pain during physical examination. It is not correct to assume that an answer of "yes" means the same side of the pelvis that is being examined. Patient-assisted laparoscopy and pelvic pain mapping are excellent in correlating the symptom with the pathology.