The use of capsaicin in loin pain-haematuria syndrome

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-239

  Uzoh, Christopher C ^a   Kumar, Vivekanandan ^b   Timoney, Anthony G ^c  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL UROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Deteriorating renal function; Intrarenal; Loin pain haematuria syndrome; Nephrectomy; Worsening pain

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CREATININE; UREA;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CYSTOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SYMPTOM; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE CULTURE; URINE CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; CAPSAICIN; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PELVIC PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149158030     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07916.x     Document Type: Article

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