Considerations in the diagnosis and therapy for acute loin pain

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 254.e3-254.e4

  Roche Nagle, Graham ^a   Rubin, Bary B ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANURIA; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIVERTICULITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FLANK PAIN; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY ARTERY EMBOLISM; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INFARCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; OLIGURIA; PELVIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TORSION; URETER STONE; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 65349094207     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.06.030     Document Type: Article

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