The Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Renal Colic across a Sample of US Hospitals: High CT Utilization Despite Low Rates of Admission and Inpatient Urologic Intervention

OBJECTIVES: Symptomatic ureterolithiasis (renal colic) is a common Emergency Department (ED) complaint. Variation in practice surrounding the diagnosis and management of suspected renal colic could have substantial implications for both quality and cost of care as well as patient radiation burden. P...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Schoenfeld, Elizabeth M., Pekow, Penelope S., Shieh, Meng-Shiou, Scales, Charles D., Lagu, Tara, Lindenauer, Peter K.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5207425/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28046001
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169160
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