Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-p9bg8 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-30T22:34:26.865Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Ketorolac and morphine for analgesia in acute renal colic: Is this combination more effective than monotherapy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Jaspinder Ghuman  and
Rajiv Vadera
Jaspinder Ghuman*
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.
Rajiv Vadera
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences, 237 Barton St. E., Hamilton ON L8L 2X2; [email protected]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Knowledge Applied to Practice Application des connaissance à la pratique
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 66 - 68
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2008

References

1. Todd, KH. Clinical versus statistical significance in the assessment of pain relief. Ann Emerg Med 1996;27:439–41.Google Scholar
2. Gallagher, EJ, Liebman, M, Bijur, PE. Prospective validation of clinically important changes in pain severity measured on a visual analog scale. Ann Emerg Med 2001;38:633–8.Google Scholar
3. O’Connor, A. Schug, SA. Cardwell, H. A comparison of the efficacy and safety of morphine and pethidine as analgesia for suspected renal colic in the emergency setting. J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:261–4.Google Scholar
4. Holdgate, A, Pollock, T. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) versus opioids for acute renal colic. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2004;1:CD004137.Google Scholar
5. Cordell, WH, Wright, SW, Wolfson, AB, et al. Comparison of intravenous ketorolac, meperidine, and both (balanced analgesia) for renal colic. Ann Emerg Med 1996;28:151–8.Google Scholar
6. Reinhart, DI. Minimising the adverse effects of ketorolac. Drug Saf 2000;22:487–97.Google Scholar