The rising burden of acute urological disease at an urban, academic hospital network.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Urological presentations to the emergency department (ED) can represent a significant burden of disease. We aimed to evaluate trends in the incidence, management, and followup of urological presentations to the ED at an urban, academic, tertiarycare hospital network over a 10-year period.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was conducted to include all patients presenting with renal colic (RC), gross hematuria (GH), or acute urinary retention (AUR) to EDs in the University Health Network in 2008-2009 and 2018-2019. Patient demographics and outcomes were compared between these two periods and between urological presentations. Multilevel regression analyses identified predictors of in-patient admission, return to the ED, and clinic wait time.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Czajkowski S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9851211 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature