Renal lithiasis: Addressing the risks of austere desert deployments

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 649-653

  Cramer, J Steven ^a,b   Forrest, Kelly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Deployed healthcare; Kidney stones; Military medicine; Renal calculi

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; DICLOFENAC; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; ROFECOXIB; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DESERT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FLYING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; DEHYDRATION; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; RISK FACTORS; WAR;

EID: 33745712600     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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