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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2016
Predictors for urologic intervention and alternate diagnoses in people having computed tomography urography for suspected renal colic.
The majority of ureteric calculi pass spontaneously and are uncomplicated, yet use of computed tomography urography (CTU) has increased in recent years. This study describes a cohort of ED patients undergoing CTU for renal colic and assesses the predictors of urologic intervention. ⋯ Factors associated with urologic intervention included female sex, single kidney, calculus size >5 mm and proximal calculus. Information on acute alternate diagnoses was uncommon. A prospective study is needed to further clarify clinical parameters that could predict intervention to allow targeting of CTU to those most likely to benefit.