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Topical NSAIDs for Acute Pain Management

Topical NSAIDs for Acute Pain Management

by Chirag Bhat, Max Zworth | May 25, 2023 | Chronic Pain, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Trauma

I was early in my PGY-1 year when I first witnessed an adverse effect from oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). It was a busy morning with long patient wait times, and I picked up the chart of a 19-year-old female presenting with abdominal pain. She...
Topical pain control for corneal abrasions: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Topical pain control for corneal abrasions: A systematic review and meta-analysis

by Pascale King, Hans Rosenberg | Jan 17, 2022 | Journal Club, Ophthalmology

Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Yu CW, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2021 Aug;28(8):890-908. doi: 10.1111/acem.14222. Questions and Methods: The authors sought to determine if the 6 common pain therapies for corneal abrasions decrease healing time, pain and if they have...
Concomitant Oral Anticoagulant and Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Concomitant Oral Anticoagulant and Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

by Hans Rosenberg | Dec 17, 2018 | Featured, Journal Club, Thrombosis

Journal Club Summary Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Kent AP, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jul 17;72(3):255-267 Question and Methods: This was a post hoc analysis of the RE-LY trial examining the risk of NSAID use in patients receiving oral anticoagulation (OAC)...

Delivering safe and effective analgesia for management of renal colic in the emergency department: a double-blind, multi group, randomized control trial

by emottawa | Oct 24, 2016 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4.5/5                 Usefulness Score:  3.5/5   Pathan SA, et al. Lancet. 2016 May 14;387(10032):1999-2007  Abstract Link             Editorial: Non-steroidalanti-inflammatory drugs for renal colic Knoedler JJ, et al....

Meta-analysis: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in Biliary Colic

by emottawa | Apr 29, 2013 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Colli A, Conte D, Valle SD, Sciola V, Fraquelli M. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Jun;35(12):1370-8  Abstract Link   This meta-analysis of 11 RCTs found that in patients with biliary colic, NSAIDs had a higher...
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