Seasonal Distribution of Renal Colic Visits to Emergency Department

YİĞİT Ö., Isik S.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.8, sa.3, ss.110-113, 2008 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.110-113
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Emergency department, renal colic, seasonal distribution
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: Acute renal colic is the clinical term for the symptoms produced by urinary tract calculi as they migrate from the kidney. Many researchers investigated the seasonal effects as a risk factor in urinary calculi formation. However, the results of these studies vary. The aim of this study is to determine whether renal colic visits to our emergency department, stated in a warm region of Turkey, exhibit seasonal patterns.