Alpha-blockers as medical expulsive therapy for ureteral stones

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Campschroer, Thijs ^a   Zhu, Yefang ^b   Duijvesz, Diederick ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Lock, M T W Tycho ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFUZOSIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; DOXAZOSIN; NAFTOPIDIL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; TAMSULOSIN; TERAZOSIN; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ASTHENIA; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COLIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROGRADE EJACULATION; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URETER STONE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADULT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URETERAL CALCULI;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANALGESICS; DICLOFENAC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 84907357316     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008509.pub2     Document Type: Review

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