title: Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary. Conservative management [correction of mangement] of asymptomatic cocaine body packers.
abstract: A short cut review was carried out to establish whether asymptomatic cocaine body packers can be managed conservatively. Altogether 171 papers were found using the reported search, of which four presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated. A clinical bottom line is stated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
authors.forename: Debasis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Baha
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ali
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003042:Cocaine; D003415:Crime; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine