Predicting intervention in renal colic patients after emergency department evaluation

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 78-86

  Papa, Linda ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^b   Wells, George A ^b   Ball, Ian ^b   Battram, Erica ^b   Mahoney, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical decision rule; Intervention; Predictor; Renal colic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 28044440679     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500013026     Document Type: Article

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