Comparing the analgesic effect of intravenous acetaminophen and morphine on patients with renal colic pain referring to the emergency department: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kidney stone is normally treated by opioids with a variety of side-effects including hypotension, respiratory depression and apnea, nausea and vomiting. Regarding less complications of intravenous acetaminophen, we aimed to compare it with intravenous morphine in management of renal colic pain.

Materials and methods

A randomized controlled clinical trial was applied with a convenience sampling method, as 124 patients suffering from renal colic pain were randomly assigned into two groups of 62 patients. Pain was assessed using visual analog scale ruler. Results were analyzed by SPSS.18 using the descriptive statistic, Chi-square, ANOVA, independent t-test and logistic regression.

Results

According to the findings, 84 subjects (67.7%) were male. The mean age

SUBMITTER: Azizkhani R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3872585 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature