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Objectives: To determine whether β-adrenoreceptor agonists are effective analgesics for patients with renal colic through a systematic review of the literature.
Setting: Adult emergency departments or acute assessment units.
Participants: Human participants with proven or suspected renal colic.
Interventions: β-adrenoreceptor agonists.
Outcome Measures: Primary: level of pain at 30 min following administration of the β-agonist. Secondary: level of pain at various time points following β-agonist administration; length of hospital stay; analgesic requirement; stone presence, size and position; degree of hydronephrosis.
Results: 256 records were screened and 4 identified for full-text review. No articles met the inclusion criteria.
Conclusions And Implications: There is no evidence to support or refute the proposed use of β-agonists for analgesia in patients with renal colic. Given the biological plausibility and existing literature base, clinical trials investigating the use of β-adrenoreceptor agonists in the acute setting for treatment of the pain associated with renal colic are recommended.
Trial Registration Number: CRD42015016266.
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