Distal Ureteric Stones and Tamsulosin: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized, Multicenter Trial

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 86-95.e2

  Furyk, Jeremy S ^a,b,c   Chu, Kevin ^c,d   Banks, Colin ^a   Greenslade, Jaimi ^d   Keijzers, Gerben ^e   Thom, Ogilvie ^c,f   Torpie, Tom ^e   Dux, Carl ^g   Narula, Rajan ^a,b  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f NAMBOUR GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TAMSULOSIN; SULFONAMIDE; URINARY TRACT AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; COLLAPSE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISTAL URETERIC STONE; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SULFONAMIDES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; UROLOGICAL AGENTS;

EID: 84960353692     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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