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Review: α-antagonists and calcium channel blockers both improve spontaneous expulsion of kidney stones

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.13.4.111

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    A Singh

    Dr A Singh, Highland General Hospital, Oakland, CA, USA; amasingh@acmedctr.org

    QUESTION

    Do α-antagonists and calcium channel blockers (CCBs) increase spontaneous passage of kidney stones in adults?

    REVIEW SCOPE

    Selected studies compared medical expulsive therapy, using an α-antagonist or CCB, with standard therapy in patients >18 years of age who were clinically and radiographically diagnosed with acute ureteral colic and started treatment in an inpatient or outpatient setting, or on referral to a urologist.

    Outcome was proportion of patients who passed kidney stones (stone expulsion rate).

    REVIEW METHODS

    Medline, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (1980 to Jan 2007); urological journals (2000 to Jan 2007) and their associated websites; abstracts of major urological conferences (2000–7); and reference lists of relevant articles were searched for randomised …

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    • Source of funding: no external funding.