Glucagon and diuresis in the treatment of ureteral calculi.
Intravenous glucagon and diuresis caused by diagnostic doses of sodium diatrizoate were used to treat 5 patients with ureteral colic and urographic findings consistent with partial obstruction by a ureteral calculus. Pain was relieved and the calculus passed within two hours in 4 patients and within eight hours in the fifth. No complications were noted.
D000328:Adult; D003973:Diatrizoate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004231:Diuresis; D005934:Glucagon / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*
D003973:Diatrizoate; D005934:Glucagon