Emergency department visits, use of imaging, and drugs for urolithiasis have increased in the United States

Kidney International

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 479-486

  Fwu, Chyng Wen ^a   Eggers, Paul W ^b   Kimmel, Paul L ^b   Kusek, John W ^b   Kirkali, Ziya ^b  

^a SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; NHAMCS; radiation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG USE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPULSIVE THERAPY; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UROLITHIASIS; X RAY;

EID: 84874651570     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2012.419     Document Type: Article

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