Tamsulosin and spontaneous passage of ureteral stones in children: A multi-institutional cohort study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 506-511

  Tasian, Gregory E ^a,b   Cost, Nicholas G ^d,e   Granberg, Candace F ^f   Pulido, Jose E ^b   Rivera, Marcelino ^f   Schwen, Zeyad ^c   Schulte, Marion ^e   Fox, Janelle A ^g  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative effectiveness research; nephrolithiasis; tamsulosin

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; TAMSULOSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER STONE; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; HEMATURIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOMITING;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; NEPHROLITHIASIS; TAMSULOSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONAMIDES; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 84904270229     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.01.091     Document Type: Article

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