Tamsulosin for Ureteral Stones in the Emergency Department: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Ferre, Robinson M ^a   Wasielewski, Jessica N ^b   Strout, Tania D ^b   Perron, Andrew D ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; OXYCODONE; TAMSULOSIN;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLIC; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; EJACULATION DISORDER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; VOMITING;

EID: 68649094629     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.12.026     Document Type: Article

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