Prevalence and Clinical Importance of Alternative Causes of Symptoms Using a Renal Colic Computed Tomography Protocol in Patients With Flank or Back Pain and Absence of Pyuria
Moore CL, Daniels B, Singh D, Luty S, Molinaro A. Prevalence and Clinical Importance of Alternative Causes of Symptoms Using a Renal Colic Computed Tomography Protocol in Patients With Flank or Back Pain and Absence of Pyuria. Academic Emergency Medicine 2013, 20: 470-478. PMID: 23672361, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCause of symptomsAbsence of pyuriaCause of painBack painUreteral stonesRecord reviewUrine infectionEmergency departmentClinical importanceUnimportant causeKidney stonesAlternative causesRetrospective observational analysisComputed tomography protocolPain protocolAdult patientsPatient's symptomsClassic symptomsCT scanStone diagnosisAlternate causePainPatientsSymptomsPyuria