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Original Source: Effect of Tamsulosin on Stone Expulsion and Pain Resolution in ED Patients With Ureterolithiasis
Tamsulosin (Flowmax)is approved by the FDA for the treatment for enlarged prostate. Several studies regarding the use of Tamsulosin for the treatment of lower kidney stones have been carried out in the non-Emergency Department setting. This study will compare Tamsulosin 0.4 mg with placebo in regards to rate and time of stone passing and will also look at amount of pain. The purpose of this study is to compare the usefulness of Tamsulosin versus placebo on time to stone pass...
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Pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in term...
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Stones in 2012: Epidemiology, prevention and redefining therapeutic standards
Interesting data on kidney stone prevalence and metabolic risk factors for stone formation in children were published in 2012, suggesting that we must invest more time and resources in epidemiological...
Stone age man had “feminine side”
Modern men should take a lead from their more enlightened and compassionate stone age ancestors, according to a University of Manchester archaeologist.
Sharon Stone helps raise $1.1M for AIDS research
Sharon Stone has helped to raise more than $1.1 million (€846,000) for AIDS research during Milan Fashion Week.Hours after she was taken briefly to a hospital after feeling unwell following a Fendi...
Consuming Less Sugar-Sweetened Beverages May Reduce Kidney Stone Risk
Twenty percent of American males and 10 percent of American females will experience a kidney stone at some point in their lifetime. Often, these patients will be advised to drink more fluids as a way...
Study: Stone spear tip made by earlier ancestor
Scientists say they've found evidence that stone tips for spears were made much earlier than thought, maybe even created by an earlier ancestor than has been believed.Both Neanderthals and members of...
Chronic Pain Alters DNA Marking In The Brain
Injuries that result in chronic pain, such as limb injuries, and those unrelated to the brain are associated with epigenetic changes in the brain which persist months after the injury, according to re...
Sugar-sweetened beverages associated with increased kidney stone risk
Twenty percent of American males and 10 percent of American females will experience a kidney stone at some point in their lifetime. Often, these patients will be advised to drink more fluids as a way...
How to fool Houdini-and avoid fooling yourself
Alex Stone's "Fooling Houdini," out today from HarperCollins. Photo credit: www.foolinghoudini.com. Last week, Alex Stone taught Wall Street Journal readers the world round how to steal a watch....
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Assessment of stone composition in the management of urinary stones.
Several explanations have been suggested to account for the failure of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) treatment in patients with urinary stones, including large stone volume, unfavorable...
The aim of this study was to detect the rate of spontaneous urinary extravasation (SUE) with computed tomography (CT) in patients presenting with acute abdomen. Seven hundred thirteen abdominal CT exa...
We evaluated the clinical results of tolterodine in treating impacted stones in the intramural ureter with symptoms of vesical irritability. A total of 80 patients with intramural ureter stones were i...
Effectiveness of doxazosin in the management of lower ureteral stones in male and female patients.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness of doxazosin on the rate of spontaneous passage of distal ureteral stones in female patients. METHODS: A total of 80 patients with stones sized 10 mm or smal...
Background The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between hematuria and volume, position of stone, and hydronephrosis in patients with a solitary stone, using unenhanced multidetector...
