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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 4.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2021 Dec 13;29(4):465–475. doi: 10.1111/acem.14422

TABLE 3.

Adverse events

Adverse Events, No.

Totala Emergency Departmentb 24-hour Follow-Up



Symptoms Intranasal Ketorolac Intravenous Ketorolac Intranasal Ketorolac Intravenous Ketorolac Intranasal Ketorolac Intravenous Ketorolac
Nausea 2 1 0 1 2 0
Dizziness 1 1 0 0 1 1
Sleepiness 0 1 0 1 0 0
Otherc 2 3 2 3 0 0
Total 5 6 2 5 3 1
a

For the intranasal ketorolac group, 4 patients reported 5 adverse events. For the intravenous ketorolac group, 6 patients reported 6 events. Adverse events documented were not present prior to initial assessment at 60 min after study medication administration.

b

Includes adverse events identified at 60 and 120 min after study medication administration.

c

Other includes “feeling cold”, “less focus, feel off”, transient extremity sensory complaints.