Emergency room management of ureteral calculi: Current practices

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1021-1024

  Phillips, Elizabeth ^a   Kieley, Sam ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth B ^a   Monga, Manoj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PAIN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER STONE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; COLIC; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 67749114407     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0615     Document Type: Article

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