Atomized intranasal vs intravenous fentanyl in severe renal colic pain management: A randomized single-blinded clinical trial.

Objectives: Renal colic is one of the most common painful disorders in patients referred to the emergency department. The main purpose of this study was to compare the efficiency of two methods of intravenous (IVF) and intranasal (INF) fentanyl administration in pain management in patients with severe renal colic.

Materials & Methods: This was a single-blind randomized clinical trial performed on patients with severe renal colic.

Association of body mass index with hemoglobin concentration and iron parameters in Iranian population.

Background. Studies have reported that obesity has an adverse effect on iron metabolism. Obesity is characterized by chronic, low-grade, systemic inflammation and anemia of chronic disease with elevated serum ferritin and decreased level of serum iron, transferrin saturation, and hemoglobin.