What is important to patients receiving extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy for urinary tract calculi?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 432-435

  Kouriefs, C ^a,b   Quatan, N ^a   Larking, A ^a   Watkin, N A ^a   Boyd, P J R ^a  

^a ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Patient expectations; Urinary tract calculi

Indexed keywords

CODEINE PHOSPHATE; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PIROXICAM; PROCHLORPERAZINE MALEATE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLITHIASIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 7744237654     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/147870804993     Document Type: Article

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