The effects of temperature, age and sex on presentations of renal colic in Melbourne, Australia

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 328-331

  Pincus, Steven ^a   MacBean, Catherine ^a   Taylor, David ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

kidney stones; renal calculi; renal colic; season; temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SEX; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL COLIC; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPERATURE; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649524015     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32833547b7     Document Type: Article

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