The utility of renal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of renal colic in emergency department patients

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-206

  Edmonds, Marcia L ^a,b   Yan, Justin W ^a,b   Sedran, Robert J ^a,b   McLeod, Shelley L ^a,b   Theakston, Karl D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Renal colic; Ultrasonography; Urolithiasis; Urologic intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTUSION; CROHN DISEASE; DIVERTICULITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY COLIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OVARY CYST; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RADIATION INJURIES; RENAL COLIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETEROLITHIASIS; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 77956666243     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500012240     Document Type: Article

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