Comparison of intravenous ketorolac and meperidine in the treatment of biliary colic

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-241

  Henderson, Sean O ^a,b   Swadron, Stuart ^a   Newton, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary colic; Ketorolac; Meperidine; Pain management

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY COLIC; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTIGO; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; COLIC; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETOROLAC; MALE; MEPERIDINE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036805968     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(02)00524-3     Document Type: Article

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