Diseases were classified according to the ICD-10 codes. Admissions data were accessed for records with a primary diagnosis of renal disease (N00 – N39). Primary diagnoses were obtained for both inpatient and ED admissions, and also up to two secondary diagnoses were obtained for inpatient admis...
Following approval from our Institutional Review Board (# SMC-18-5352), we retrospectively reviewed all ER visits due to RC between January 2012 to November 2019. Those visits were identified using ER discharge records with a diagnosis of “RENAL COLIC” or 788.0 (renal colic, International Class...
All the records of the patients who visited the ED of the University Hospital of Parma for renal colic from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2010 (3286 days) were extracted from the local database. The data were retrieved using both the ICD-9 code 7880 and the term “renal colic” and we...