Posterior urethral valves diagnosed by bedside ultrasound in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 633.e1-633.e2

  Schecter, Joshua ^a   Chao, Jennifer H ^a  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CYSTOSCOPY; DYSURIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSTERIOR URETHRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA VALVE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84861114491     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.01.025     Document Type: Article

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