Treatment of acute renal colic in a French emergency department: a comparison of simulated cases and real cases in acute pain assessment and management

Abstract

These results show a clear difference between intention to treat and real prescriptions for patients suffering from acute renal colic.

Drug counselling in pregnancy: an opinion survey of French community pharmacists

“…A study comparing prescription intentions and actual prescriptions in a sample of practitioners showed that their real prescriptions are more inadequate than their intentions to treat. 11…”

Compliance with a Morphine Protocol and Effect on Pain Relief in Out-of-Hospital Patients

“…The under-use of paracetamol in unrelieved patients can be incriminated, but, due to its slower onset of action, this factor does not seem likely to be preponderant in the pre-hospital setting. These results suggest that implementation of therapeutic protocols are not sufficient to improve quality of care, and that repeated evaluation must be done to identify non-compliance and build good habits (38,39). To improve pain relief in the field, emergency teams should consider the association of non-narcotic analgesics along with a titration protocol for morphine.…”