Management of acute renal colic in the UK: A questionnaire survey

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Lasoye, Tunji A ^a   Sedgwick, Philip M ^b   Patel, Nilay ^c   Skinner, Chas ^d   Nayeem, Nadeem ^e  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED KINGDOM; UROLOGY; WORKLOAD; X RAY;

EID: 25444465696     PISSN: 1471227X     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-4-5     Document Type: Article

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