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Am J Emerg Med
December 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, Good Samaritan University Hospital, 1000 Montauk Highway, West Islip, New York, United States of America. Electronic address:
Introduction: Renal colic is generally considered a diagnosis appropriate for discharge home once pain is adequately controlled and no other admission criteria are met. The increasing prevalence of ED observation units (EDOU) represent another disposition option for patients with renal colic. In this study, we sought to describe the rates of 14-day revisits for renal colic among patients placed in an EDOU as compared to those discharged from the ED.
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December 2024
Department of Urology, Unidade Local de Saúde de Santo António, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Do Porto, 8th floor, Largo Do Prof. Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal.
Introduction: The primary aim of stone treatment is to achieve stone-free status. Residual fragments can cause stone growth, recurrence, urinary tract infections, and ureteric obstruction. Our goal was to describe the natural history of stone burden after retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) based on stone-free status (SFS), evaluating stone growth and stone-events.
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December 2024
Nephrology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Renal artery thrombosis is an uncommon but serious cause of acute kidney injury that can result in permanent loss of function. It is frequently misdiagnosed due to its non-specific appearance, which can mimic renal colic and other more common causes of abdominal pain. There is no agreement on the first-line treatment and no prospective studies comparing thrombolysis, anticoagulation and embolectomy.
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December 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel, Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel.
Iran J Med Sci
November 2024
Anesthesiology and Critical Care Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Background: Acute renal colic has been challenging and has brought many concerns for physicians and patients for centuries. This study aimed to evaluate the analgesic effect and safety of a combination of papaverine and ketorolac against ketorolac and placebo in treating acute renal colic.
Methods: This randomized clinical trial was performed in patients with renal colic from May 2018 to May 2020 in Ahvaz, Iran.
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