Diagnostic value of renal resistive index for the assessment of renal colic

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 271-273

  Kavakli, H S ^a   Koktener, A ^b   Yilmaz, A ^c  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Emergency department; Renal colic; Resistive index; Stone disease

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; RENAL RESISTIVE INDEX; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RENAL COLIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79958252512     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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