Derivation and validation of a clinical prediction rule for uncomplicated ureteral stone-the STONE score: Retrospective and prospective observational cohort studies

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Moore, Christopher L ^a   Bomann, Scott ^a   Daniels, Brock ^b   Luty, Seth ^c   Molinaro, Annette ^a   Singh, Dinesh ^d   Gross, Cary P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NAUSEA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STONE SCORE; URETER STONE; VALIDATION STUDY; VOMITING;

ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 84897543763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g2191     Document Type: Article

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