Urology Consultation and Emergency Department Revisits for Children with Urinary Stone Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We determined the association between urology consultation and emergency department revisits for children with urinary stones.

Materials and methods

This retrospective cohort study included patients 18 years old or younger who presented to an emergency department in South Carolina with a urinary stone from 1997 to 2015. The primary exposure was urology consultation during the index emergency department visit. The primary outcome was a stone related emergency department revisit occurring within 180 days of discharge from an index emergency department visit. Secondary outcomes included computerized tomography use, inpatient admission and emergent surgery.

Results

Of 5,642 index emergency department visits for acute urinary stones 11% resulted in at least 1 stone

SUBMITTER: Kurtzman JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6002942 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature