An Analgesia Protocol for Acute Renal Colic in the Emergency Department

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center45 enrolled

Overview

An analgesia protocol for acute renal colic will lead to faster significant reductions in pain than prior practice.

A retrospective study was performed that assessed the time to significant analgesia and medications used to achieve analgesia in the DHMC ED. Based upon this a prospective pain management protocol was designed and we will track the difference in time to significant pain relief between the two groups.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Kidney Stone

Interventions

ToradolDRUG

MorphineDRUG

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Kidney stone on stone protocol CT scan * Acute pain from a kidney stone Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 or \> 65 * Pregnant women * Contraindications to NSAID's or opiates

Locations (1)

DHMC

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Time to significant pain relief

Time frame: Within emergency department

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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