Renal US is one of several imaging modalities available to the EP in the evaluation of patients with acute urologic disorders. It offers excellent anatomic detail without exposure to radiation or contrast agents but is limited in its assessment of renal function. It is an important alternative to helical CT scanning for evaluating renal colic, especially in children and pregnant women. It has a...

objective: renal colic is a common cause of emergency room visits. due to the spontaneous passage of more than 90% of kidney stones, treatment in the emergency department (ed) is limited to pain control. analgesics currently used are selected based on physician experiences and various theories from different sources. the aim of this study was to compare the common drugs (pethidine and diclofena...

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Acute renal infarction is a serious medical emergency. The diagnosis is often delayed or missed as it is not common. Hence, the exact incidence of acute renal infarction is not known. Failure to consider renal infarction in the initial differential diagnosis results in a delay in diagnosis and treatment, which in turn leads to permanent loss of renal function. We present two cases of acute kidn...

A retrospective chart review was conducted of patients with acute renal colic for the years 1993 and 1997, in order to compare analgesia ordering and administration practices before and after implementation of a nurse-managed, titrated intravenous (i.v.) narcotic policy. The study demonstrated a significant and sustained change in analgesia administration practices away from the intramuscular (...

Background: Acute renal colic is one of the most painful situations in patients’ life. The best management modality for pain alleviation paramount importance. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate effect intravenously administered morphine and oral tamsulosin compared independent use patients with colic. Methods: double-blind clinical trial was conducted on 200 aged 18 55 years referred tert...

The aim of this study was to compare analgesic effect of intramuscular (IM) sodium diclofenac and intranasal desmopressin combination with IM sodium diclofenac alone in patients with acute renal colic. In this randomized double-blind clinical trial, all patients aged 18 to 55 years who were diagnosed as acute renal colic and met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were randomized into two grou...

introduction:  the main purpose of emergency department (ed) management for renal colic  is prompt pain relief. the present study aimed to compare the analgesic effects of intravenus (iv) ketofol with morphine in management of ketorolac persistent renal colic. methods: this study is a single blind randomized, clinical trial, on patients who were presented to ed with renal colic, whose pain was ...

The aim of this study was to compare the clinical efficacy of intravenous acetaminophen with intravenous morphine in acute renal colic pain management. In this double-blind controlled trial, patients aged 18-55 years, diagnosed with acute renal colic, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, were randomized into two groups. First, using the visual analogue scale (VAS), intensity of pain wa...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of sublingual buprenorphine with intravenous morphine sulfate for acute renal colic in the emergency department. METHODS In this double-dummy, randomized controlled trial, we enrolled patients aged 18 to 55 years who had a clinical diagnosis of acute renal colic. Patients received either 2 mg sublingual buprenorphine with...