Can the degree of hydronephrosis on ultrasound predict kidney stone size?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 813-816

  Goertz, Jacob K ^a   Lotterman, Seth ^a,b  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND; URETER STONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETEROLITHIASIS;

EID: 77956573044     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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