Acupuncture Versus Titrated Morphine in Patients With Renal Colic
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The aim of this study is to compare the clinical efficacy and safety profiles of a 30 minutes
acupuncture session performed at an ER of a tertiary hospital versus titrated intravenous
morphine in the management of acute severe pain syndromes (defined as a visual analogue scale
(VAS) score >/= 70) taking for example acute renal colic.