Diagnostic and treatment patterns for renal colic in US emergency departments

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-92

  Brown, Jeremy ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Epidemiology; Nephrolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; PROMETHAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; RENOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COLIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644502608     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-005-3622-6     Document Type: Article

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