Lehtonen 1983.
| Methods | Country: Finland ‐ Hospital presentations Randomisation: Not stated Power analysis: Not stated BLINDING: Investigators: Not stated Participants: Not stated | |
| Participants | No age limits, presumed adult Group 1: 93 (69M), Mean age 44.6 y Group 2: 31 (26M), Mean age 39.5 y Inclusion criteria: diagnosis by clinical, UA and IVP Exclusion criteria: asthma, known allergy, peptic ulcer, pregnancy, prior treatment | |
| Interventions | Group 1: 50 mg indomethacin IV Group 2: 50 mg pethidine IV | |
| Outcomes | Complete pain relief at 30 min Need for rescue analgesia Adverse events | |
| Notes | 3rd study arm not included because of drug type (dipyrone) | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment? | High risk | C ‐ Inadequate |