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ArticleTurkish journal of emergency medicine

Efficacy of adding midazolam to paracetamol in pain control of patients with a primary headache: A randomized, clinical trial study.

Mahin Amini-Parikhani, Amir Ghaffarazad, Hassan Soleimanpour, Haniyeh Ebrahimi-Bakhtavar, Farzad Rahmani

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Article in Turkish journal of emergency medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mahin Amini-ParikhaniStudent Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, East Azerbaijan, I. R, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-1061-1214
Amir GhaffarazadEmergency Medicine Research Team, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, I. R, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-1311-4096
Hassan SoleimanpourCardiovascular Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-5070-2583
Haniyeh Ebrahimi-BakhtavarEmergency Medicine Research Team, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, I. R, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-8696-7321
Farzad RahmaniEmergency Medicine Department, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-5582-9156
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study aimed to determine the effect of adding intravenous midazolam to paracetamol in the treatment of patients with primary headache referring to the emergency department.

methodsIn a randomized clinical trial, 120 patients (18-65 years old) with primary headache referring to the emergency department were enrolled. Patients were divided into two groups (case: paracetamol + midazolam and control: paracetamol + placebo), and the treatment was administered based on the treatment group. The severity of pain (according to the initial Visual Analog Scale) and at different times after the treatment onset (15, 30, and 60 min) and the degree of satisfaction with the treatment were compared in two groups of patients.

resultsThere were no statistically difference between the two groups about the median of pain severity at the time of 0 min (case: 8 vs. control: 8), 15 min (case: 6 vs. control: 6), and 30 min (case: 4 vs. control: 4) with

conclusionsBased on our primary and secondary outcomes and the results of the study, we conclude that adding intravenous midazolam to paracetamol do not improve the therapeutic response ratio over time, but the effect of this intervention appeared after 1 h.

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Emergency wardheadachemidazolammigraineparacetamoltension headache

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PMID32587924
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