Ketorolac is underutilized after ureteral reimplantation despite reduced hospital cost and reduced length of stay

Urology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-13

  Routh, Jonathan C ^a,b   Graham, Dionne A ^a,b   Nelson, Caleb P ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER REIMPLANTATION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS; URETER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOROLAC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; URETER; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 77955916244     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.10.062     Document Type: Article

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