Medical expulsive therapy versus early endoscopic stone removal for acute renal colic: An instrumental variable analysis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 882-887

  Hollingsworth, John M ^a   Norton, Edward C ^a,b   Kaufman, Samuel R ^a   Smith, R Matt ^a   Wolf, J Stuart ^a   Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenergic alpha antagonists; calcium channel blockers; ureteroscopy; urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

ALFUZOSIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DOXAZOSIN; NIFEDIPINE; PRAZOSIN; TAMSULOSIN; TERAZOSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY COLIC; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPULSIVE THERAPY; NEPHROSTOMY TUBE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 84881482206     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.03.040     Document Type: Article

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