Comparing Intradermal Sterile Water with Intravenous Morphine in Reducing Pain in Patients with Renal Colic: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-82
Author(s):  
Javad Mozafari ◽  
Mohammadreza Maleki Verki ◽  
Fatemeh Tirandaz ◽  
Reza Mahjouri

Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of intradermal administration of sterile water compared to intravenous morphine on patients with renal colic. Methods: This double-blind, randomized clinical trial study was conducted in 2017 to compare the therapeutic effects of intradermal sterile water with those of intravenous morphine on patients with renal colic presenting to the emergency departments (ED) of Imam Khomeini and Golestan Hospitals in Ahvaz, Iran. The first group received 0.5 ml of intradermal sterile water, and the second group 0.1mg/kg of intravenous morphine plus 0.5 ml of intradermal sterile water in the most painful area or the center of the painful area in the flank. The pain severity was measured using a visual analogue scale (VAS), and the medication side-effects were recorded at the beginning of the study and minutes 15, 30,45 and 60. Result: A total of 94 patients were studied in two groups. The mean severity of pain was 2.97 ± 1.51 in the sterile water group and 2.34 ± 1.89 in the morphine group at minute 30 (P=0.042), 2.58 ± 1.43 in the sterile water group and 1 ± 1.23 in the morphine group at minute 45 (p<0.001), and 1.89 ± 1.7 in the sterile water group and 0.52 ± 0.79 in the morphine group at minute 60 (p<0.001). Conclusion: Morphine reduces pain faster and more effectively than intradermal sterile water; nevertheless, treatment with intradermal sterile water can be used as an appropriate surrogate or adjunct therapy for pain control, particularly in special patients or in case of medication scarcity.

2019 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza Talebi Doluee ◽  
Behrang Rezvani Kakhki ◽  
Hamid Heidarian Mir ◽  
Mahsa Fateminayyeri ◽  
Farideh Madanitorbati ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 280-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arash Forouzan ◽  
Kambiz Masoumi ◽  
Hassan Motamed ◽  
Seyed Reza Naji Esfahani ◽  
Ali Delirrooyfard

Background: The effective relief of renal colic patients with low complications is one of the important concerns of emergency physicians. The aim of this study was to investigate the use of injectable ketamine as an alternative to routine drugs in the relief of pain in patients with renal colic. Methods: This double-blind clinical trial was conducted on patients who had suffered kidney pain due to kidney stones in 2017, referred to Ahvaz Imam Khomeini Hospital. Patients were divided into 2 groups: the first group received intravenous ketamine (0.3 mg/kg) and the second group received intravenous morphine (0.1 mg/kg) in a double-blind form. Finally, the mean pain was evaluated before injection, after 10, 20, 30, and 60 minutes as the initial result while the side effects were considered as secondary results. Results: In this study, 135 patients with renal colic participate in this study. The mean pain at the time of referral to the hospital in the group receiving morphine and ketamine was 9.2 and 9.2, respectively, which did not show any significant difference. Based on these findings, there was no significant difference between the factors evaluated during the study of the two groups. Only in the ketamine group, there were 3 cases of nausea and 1 of vomiting. However, there was a significant increase in the need for additional doses of fentanyl in the morphine recipient group (p = 0.02). Conclusion: The findings suggest that the use of ketamine can produce a more rapid relief effect, and decrease the use of opioids which create various complications, including nausea and vomiting in patients, especially patients with renal colic.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 549-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javad Mozafari ◽  
Mohammadreza Maleki Verki ◽  
Hassan Motamed ◽  
Alireza Sabouhi ◽  
Fatemeh Tirandaz

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kambiz Masoumi ◽  
Arash Forouzan ◽  
Ali Asgari Darian ◽  
Maryam Feli ◽  
Hassan Barzegari ◽  
...  

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 was assessed in both groups. Then, one gram of intravenous acetaminophen or 0.1 mg/kg morphine was infused in 100 mL normal saline to either acetaminophen or morphine group. Intensity of pain was reassessed in 15, 30, 45, and 60 minutes according to VAS criteria. Finally, data from 108 patients were analyzed, 54 patients in each group. No significant difference was observed between the two groups in regard to sex (P=0.13), mean age (P=0.54), and baseline visual analogue score (P=0.21). A repeated measure analysis of variance revealed that the difference between the two treatments was significant (P=0.0001). The VAS reduction at primary endpoint (30 min after drug administration) was significantly higher in the acetaminophen group than in the morphine group (P=0.0001). This study demonstrated that intravenous acetaminophen could be more effective than intravenous morphine in acute renal colic patients’ pain relief.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 167-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Borna Tadyon Najafabadi ◽  
Kiandokht Ghamari ◽  
Tahereh Kermany Ranjabari ◽  
Ahmad Ali Noorbala ◽  
Naser Ebrahimi Daryani ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Altay ◽  
K. Horasanli ◽  
K. Sarica ◽  
O. Tanriverdi ◽  
M. Kendirci ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samad Shams-Vahdati ◽  
Navideh Robaei ◽  
Paria Habibollah ◽  
Asghar Jafari-Rouhi ◽  
Sahar Mohammadi ◽  
...  

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