Document Type : Letter to Editor
Authors
1 Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
2 Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
Abstract
We recently have read with great interest an article entitled “Clinical Efficacy of Intravenous Papaverine plus Ketorolac in the Emergency Treatment of Renal Colic: A Randomized, Double-blind Clinical Trial”, by Mohammadreza Pirouzi and colleagues, which was published in your esteemed journal (Vol 49,
No. 11, November 2024).
Keywords
- Mozafari J, Khavanin A, Delirrooyfard A, Pirouzi M, Asmarian N. Clinical Efficacy of Intravenous Papaverine plus Ketorolac in the Emergency Treatment of Renal Colic: A Randomized, Double-blind Clinical Trial. Iran J Med Sci. 2024;49:691-8. doi: 10.30476/ijms.2023.100323.3251. PubMed PMID: 39678525; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC11645420.
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