Dexamethasone in treatment of acute renal colic

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: colic.; Colic; R10.83

• Registration Number: IRCT20190831044653N1
• Lead Sponsor: Bojnourd University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 5 November 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

18-60 year old,
Renal colic with severity more than 5, according to the visual analogue scale-10 cm.

Exclusion Criteria

Pregnancy
Lactation
Contraindications for the use of ketorolac such as: Hypersensitivity to aspirin, other NSAIDs; active or history of peptic ulcer disease; recent or history of GI bleeding or perforation or suspected or confirmed cerebrovascular bleeding, advanced hepatic or renal disease or patients at risk for renal failure (CrCl<30 ml/min), hyperkalemia, uncontrolled severe heart failure,
Contraindications for use of dexamethasone such as: Hypersensitivity , systemic fungal infections, liver failure.
Analgesic therapy during 6 hours before admitted to the emergency unit
Near history of diathesis
Addiction or recently methadone use
Use of warfarin
Acute abdomen (Peritonitis)
Axillary temperature >37.7
BP>=18/10 cmHg,

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain severity. Timepoint: Before drug therapy and 30 and 60 min after drug therapy. Method of measurement: Visual analogue scales.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Grade of vometting. Timepoint: Before drug therapy and 60 min after drug therapy administration of drugs. Method of measurement: Evaluating the grade of vomiting based on checklist of W.H., Handbook for Reporting Results of Cancer Treatment. 1979, World Health Organization: Geneva, Switzerland. 1979, World Health Organization: Geneva, Switzerland.