Impact of Acute Computed Tomography on Treatment Decisions and Time to Intervention in Renal Colic

Region Skane612 enrolled

Overview

This study intend to evaluate the use of acute computed tomography (CT) when acute renal colic, regarding treatment decisions, time to intervention and additional visits to the Emergency Department

All patients with a diagnosis of urolithiasis at the Emergency Department in Helsingborg was included during one year, 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. Data regarding size and location of stone, treatment, follow up was extracted from the medical records.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

612

Conditions

Kidney Stone

Interventions

Acute CTRADIATION

Acute CT (a CT within 24 h)

Deferred CTRADIATION

Deferred CT (a CT within 3-4 weeks)

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with a diagnosis of urolithiasis at the Emergency Department in Helsingborg Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with a locked medical record

Locations (1)

Department of Urology

Helsingborg, Sweden

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Rate of interventions

Rate of ESWL (extracorporal shockwave lithotripsy), URS (ureteroscopy) and PCNL (percutanous nephrolithotripsy)

Time frame: 1 year

Time to intervention

Time to intervention, measured in number of days

Time frame: 1 year

Number of additional visits to the Emergency Department

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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