Does Computed Tomography of Kidney, Ureter and Bladder (CTKUB) Affect The Management of Patients with Suspected Renal Colic in Emergency Department?

Abstract

Introduction CTKUB use in patients presenting to Emergency Department (ED) with suspected renal colic has increased by 10-fold over last few years. However, its impact on the urological intervention is not fully known.Methods We performed a retrospective study of adult patients, presenting consecutively to ED with suspected renal colic who underwent CTKUB from January to June 2014. We calculated descriptive summary statistics for analysis to determine the association of predefined radiological and patients’ characteristics on the urological intervention.Results Of the 282 patients enrolled in the study, 38% had stones. Commonest locations of stone were ureter (15%), uretero-vesical junction (12.4%). Of the study participants, 2% of the patients underwent urological intervention. Chi Square analysis did not find any significant associations between radiological or patients related characteristics and urological interventionConclusion There was no significant correlation between CTKUB findings or patients’ characteristics and urological intervention in this study cohort.