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The use of intravenous ketorolac for the treatment of renal colic in the emergency department.

The use of intravenous ketorolac for the treatment of renal colic in the emergency department.

Authors :
Larsen LS
Miller A
Allegra JR
Source :
The American journal of emergency medicine [Am J Emerg Med] 1993 May; Vol. 11 (3), pp. 197-9.
Publication Year :
1993

Abstract

The objective of this study was to report the authors' experience using intravenous ketorolac (Syntex Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA) as an analgesic in the treatment of renal colic in a convenience sample at three suburban community hospital emergency departments. Twenty-five patients with renal colic were participants. Pregnant women, patients with a history of renal or hepatic impairment, bleeding diathesis, active peptic ulcer disease, or hypersensitivity to aspirin or nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID) were excluded. Ketorolac 30 mg administered intravenously during a 1-minute period, and the following parameters were monitored at times 0, 5, 10, 20, 30, and 60 minutes: pain on a scale of 0 to 10, pulse rate, blood pressure, and adverse side effects. A total of 25 patients were included in our series. Initially, they had a median pain score of 9 with an interquartile range of 1. Thereafter, the median pain scores and (interquartile ranges) were 8 (three) at 5 minutes, 5 (four) at 10 minutes, 2 (four) at 20 minutes, 1 (three) at 30 minutes, and 0 (one) at 60 minutes. There were no adverse side effects observed in any patients. Therefore, it can be concluded that intravenous ketorolac is an effective analgesic agent for the control of pain in patients with renal colic.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0735-6757
Volume :
11
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
The American journal of emergency medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
8489656
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/0735-6757(93)90123-s