Comparison of the effect of diclofenac with hyoscine-N-butylbromide in the symptomatic treatment of acute biliary colic

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 573-576

  Kumar, Anup ^a   Deed, Jagpreet S ^a   Bhasin, Bharat ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a   Thomas, Shaji ^a,b  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Biliary colic; Cholecystitis; Cholelithiasis; Diclofenac; Hyoscine N butylbromide

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BILIARY COLIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECORDING; RELAPSE; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BUTYLSCOPOLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; COLIC; DICLOFENAC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3442890618     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2004.03058.x     Document Type: Article

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