Medical management of acute urolithiasis in one American academic emergency room

BJU International

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 856-858

  Kaplon, Daniel M ^a   Sterrett, Samuel ^a   Nakada, Stephen Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Medical expulsive therapy; Nephrolithiasis

Indexed keywords

DOXAZOSIN; TAMSULOSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URETER STONE; UROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DOXAZOSIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLITHIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649264233     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08922.x     Document Type: Article

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