Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients presenting with urological complaints to the Emergency Department at the NU Hospital Group in Sweden in 2019. Figures represent the number of patients (% of the row) if not otherwise indicated. (CT: computed tomography, IQR: interquartile range, SUT: surgical, urological, and trauma)
From: Epidemiology and management of urological emergencies in a tertiary care setting in Scandinavia
Variable name | All | |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 1734 (71) |
Age | Years (IQR) | 64 (37–78) |
Triage section | SUT | 2072 (85) |
Internal medicine | 260 (11) | |
Other sections | 101 (4) | |
Mode of presentation | Self-referral | 2018 (83) |
Referred by primary care | 373 (15) | |
Others* | 42 (2) | |
Post-op complication | Yes | 262 (11) |
Catheterised patient** | Yes | 491 (20) |
Catheter type** | Indwelling catheter | 251 (10) |
Pyelostomy | 127 (5) | |
Suprapubic catheter | 82 (3) | |
Double pigtail catheter | 40 (2) | |
Admission | All patients | 675 (28) |
Self-referral | 583 (29) | |
Referred by primary care | 78 (21) | |
Admission length | Days (IQR) | 4 (3–6) |
Admission department | Urology department | 281 (65) |
Patients undergone acute procedure | 215 (9) | |
Acute radiology | All | 712 (29) |
Abdominal CT | 464 (65) | |
Abdominal ultrasound | 156 (22) | |
Acute treatment | With antibiotics (AB) | 999 (41) |
AB treatment length | Days (IQR) | 8 (5–10) |
Blood transfusion | 24 (1) | |
Number of contacts*** | 1–4 | 649 (27) |
> 4 | 106 (4) | |