A comparative, epidemiological study of acute renal colic presentations to emergency departments in Doha, Qatar, and Melbourne, Australia

• Published in: International journal of emergency medicine Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6
• Main Authors: Pathan, Sameer A., Mitra, Biswadev, Bhutta, Zain A., Qureshi, Isma, Spencer, Elle, Hameed, Asmaa A., Nadeem, Sana, Tahir, Ramsha, Anjum, Shahzad, Cameron, Peter A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 03.01.2018; Springer Nature B.V; BMC
• Subjects: Angiology; Cardiology; Emergency medical care; Emergency Medicine; Emergency services; Epidemiology; Internal Medicine; Kidney stones; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nephrolithiasis; Original Research; Pediatrics; Renal colic; Urolithiasis; Nephrolithiasis; Urolithiasis; Epidemiology; Renal colic; Kidney stones

Background This study aimed to compare the epidemiology, clinical presentations, management, and outcomes of renal colic presentations in two major academic centers from geographically diverse populations: Qatar (a country in the Afro-Asian stone belt) and South-Eastern Australia (not within a stone...