External Validation of the STONE Score, a Clinical Prediction Rule for Ureteral Stone: An Observational Multi-institutional Study

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 423-432.e2

  Wang, Ralph C ^a   Rodriguez, Robert M ^a   Moghadassi, Michelle ^a   Noble, Vicki ^b   Bailitz, John ^c   Mallin, Mike ^d   Corbo, Jill ^e   Kang, Tarina L ^f   Chu, Phillip ^a   Shiboski, Steve ^a   Smith Bindman, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STONE SCORE; URETER STONE; VALIDATION STUDY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 84945915590     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.08.019     Document Type: Article

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