Management of urinary calculi in pregnancy: A review

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 867-875

  Srirangam, Shalom J ^a   Hickerton, B ^a   Van Cleynenbreugel, B ^b  

^a STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CODEINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; MORPHINE; NITROFURANTOIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PETHIDINE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; LABORATORY TEST; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; PYELONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY EXCRETION; URINARY TRACT; UROLITHIASIS; YAG LASER;

DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; STENTS; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY CALCULI; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 43749083476     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0086     Document Type: Review

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