The Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Renal Colic across a Sample of US Hospitals: High CT Utilization Despite Low Rates of Admission and Inpatient Urologic Intervention

OBJECTIVES: Symptomatic ureterolithiasis (renal colic) is a common Emergency Department (ED) complaint. Variation in practice surrounding the diagnosis and management of suspected renal colic could have substantial implications for both quality and cost of care as well as patient radiation burden. P...

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Autores principales: Schoenfeld, Elizabeth M., Pekow, Penelope S., Shieh, Meng-Shiou, Scales, Charles D., Lagu, Tara, Lindenauer, Peter K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5207425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28046001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169160

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