Choosing Wisely audit: CT KUB ordering in emergency department renal colic presentations.

Objective: Our aim was to safely reduce unnecessary CT KUBs (kidneys, ureters, bladder) in patients with renal colic.

Methods: This was a before and after intervention observational study of 74 patients in April 2023 and 57 patients in October 2023.

Results: Seventy-five per cent of patients with suspected renal colic underwent a CT KUB in the pre-audit period.

Choosing Wisely audit: Blood gas ordering in the emergency department.

Objective: Our aim was to reduce unnecessary blood gases to improve patient flow, reduce false positives and reduce unnecessary treatments.

Methods: This was a retrospective, single-centre audit of 100 patients in June 2022.

Results: There were approximately 45 blood gases per 100 ED presentations.

Population-based linkage of health records to detect urological complications and hospitalisation following transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsies in men suspected of prostate cancer.

Background: Transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy is a common urological procedure with known complications. We determined the urological complication and 30-day hospital admission rate in a population-based cohort using unique identifier and deterministic methodology of record linkage.

Methods: 715 men who underwent a transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy in Tayside region of Scotland between April 2007 and September 2011 were identified from hospital records using their unique Community Health Index Number.