Preference for diagnosing and treating renal colic during pregnancy: a survey among Chinese urologists.

ABSTRACT: To explore the preference for diagnosing and treating renal colic during pregnancy among Chinese urologists. A questionnaire was designed using the Sojump^® platform. WeChat, the largest social networking platform in China, was used to distribute the questionnaire to urologists at hospitals of all levels in China. In total, 110 responses were included. Of the respondents, 100.0% used ultrasound to diagnose renal colic during pregnancy, followed by magnetic resonance imaging (17.3%) and low-dose CT (3.6%). Phloroglucinol (80.9%) and progesterone (72.7%) were the most commonly used antispasmodics and analgesics. Opioid analgesics were not commonly used (12.7%). Most of the respondents (63.6%) indicated that no more than 20% of the patients needed surgical intervention. If surgery w

SUBMITTER: Deng S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10844619 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature