Trabajos de Titulación - Medicina
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Ítem Acceso Abierto Uso de corticoides en cólico renal: revisión sistemática de la literatura(Universidad Católica de Cuenca., 2023) Saltos Bravo, Melanie Valentina; Intriago Cedeño, Cristina Moserrat; Salgado Ordóñez, Octavio José; 1312830241; 1314589654Importance: Patients with abdominal and lumbar pain commonly present in the emergencies of the different health centers, a type of pain manifestation is mentioned as colic and when it is generally accompanied by renal-urological symptoms, it could be considered as renal colic. The author wonders if corticosteroids are used for therapeutic management of renal colic. Objective: The objective of this study is to determine if corticosteroids serve as therapeutic management for renal colic. Method: A systematic review without meta-analysis has been completed following the criteria of the PRISMA protocol. The search was carried out in the PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Taylor and Francis, Proquest databases between June 01, 2019 and June 01, 2023. For the search strategy, terms such as "Renal Colic ”, “Corticosteroids”, “Pain”, “Treatment”, “Methylprednisolone”. The Boolean operator of choice was “AND”. Results: The search results after adequate filtering yielded four articles obtained through the databases. In PubMed, 11 articles were found, 21 studies in Scopus, 19 in Taylor and Francis, 2 in Web of Science and 22 in Proquest. Conclusion and relevance: It is concluded that corticosteroids are not used within the first-line treatment scheme for renal colic, however, in combination with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, they help reduce vegetative symptoms such as nausea and vomiting.
