MP14-03 DEVELOPMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY IMAGING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH ACUTE RENAL COLIC

Acute renal colic: An imaging update

Renal colic is a common cause of severe acute abdominal pain in clinical practice. Classical symptoms include acute frank pain radiating to the groin, nausea and vomiting. There is often laboratory evidence of haematuria. Men are more often affected than women and the incidence increases with age. Acute renal colic is usually due to renal or ureteric stones. Most stones measuring 5mm or less in...

Imaging patients with renal colic—consider ultrasound first

UNLABELLED Renal colic is a common disease in Europe and a common cause of visit to the Emergency Department. Clinical diagnosis is usually confirmed by imaging modalities. Unenhanced computed tomography (CT) is considered the best diagnostic test due to its excellent accuracy detecting ureteral stones. However, ultrasound (US) should be considered as the primary imaging technique. It is a repr...

One-month Clinical and Paraclinical Evaluation of Patients with Renal Colic

Background and purpose: Renal colic is one of the most common causes of referral to emergency departments. The aim of this study was to determine the outcome and predictive factors for invasive management and readmission in these patients. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional cohort study was performed in all patients with renal colic who were admitted in Emergency Department in Sari Imam ...

Renal infarction in patients presenting with suspected renal colic*

Acute renal infarction is a serious medical emergency. The diagnosis is often delayed or missed as it is not common. Hence, the exact incidence of acute renal infarction is not known. Failure to consider renal infarction in the initial differential diagnosis results in a delay in diagnosis and treatment, which in turn leads to permanent loss of renal function. We present two cases of acute kidn...

Acute renal colic: Beyond kidney stones.