TY  - JOUR
TI  - Evaluation Of Renal Colic Patients Attending The Emergency Department When The Covid 19 Pandemic Was First Announcement
AB  - Renal colic cases, which have an important place among patients presenting to the emergency department with pain complaints, have an important place in urological emergencies. In this study, patients who applied to the emergency department with suspected renal colic diagnosis during the Covid -19 pandemic were compared with those in the pre- pandemic period. Patients who applied to the Emergency Department with the colic type flank pain between March 2020 and May 2020 were included in the study. Diagnostic and treatment parameters of 1699 patients, inclu ding 199 pandemic and 1500 pre- pandemic control group, were evaluated in this study. As a result of the evaluation made, it was seen that emergency physicians preferred ultrasonography less during the pandemic period, and mostly resorted to computer tomogr aphy method, and in this period, a decrease in the rate of observed kidney stones, an increase ureter stones were observed. During the pandemic period, there has been a considerable decrease in the rate of hospital admissions As a result of postponing treatment of patients with urinary system stones, secondary pyonephrosis and pyelonephritis rates increased approximately 10 times compared to the pre -pandemic period.
AU  - Ertaş, Kasım
AU  - Demir, Murat
AU  - SEVİM, MEHMET
AU  - taken, kerem
AU  - gizli, gizem
AU  - eryılmaz, recep
AU  - Aslan, Rahmi
DO  - 10.5505/ejm.2022.90922
PY  - 2022
JO  - Eastern Journal of Medicine
VL  - 27
IS  - 4
SN  - 1301-0883
SP  - 534
EP  - 539
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1175520
ER  -