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Title: The effects of temperature, age and sex on presentations of renal colic in Melbourne, Australia.
Austin Authors: Pincus, Steven;Macbean, Catherine E;Taylor, David McD 
Affiliation: Emergency Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital bEmergency Department, Austin Hospital, Victoria, Australia
Issue Date: 1-Dec-2010
Publication information: European Journal of Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the European Society For Emergency Medicine; 17(6): 328-31
Abstract: To determine whether renal colic incidence in the temperate environment of Melbourne, Australia, varies with ambient temperature and season.This was a retrospective analysis of patients with renal colic who presented, between 1999 and 2005 inclusive, to a Victorian inner city emergency department. The emergency department database was interrogated to identify patients with an International Classification of Diseases 10th revision diagnostic code of renal colic. All weather data were obtained from the Bureau of Meteorology (Melbourne, Australia). The primary study endpoints were renal colic incidence and mean monthly temperature and humidity. Data were analysed using Spearman's correlation coefficient and the normal Z-test.About 3070 cases were identified. Mean age was 45.0 (SD 14.0) years. Males predominated with 2374 (77.3%) cases. For both sexes, renal colic incidence was lower amongst younger and older patients. The summer rate was significantly greater than the winter rate (1.53 vs. 1.24 presentations/day, rate difference 0.29, 95% confidence interval 0.15-0.43, P<0.001). There were significant positive correlations between the mean monthly maximum temperature and the absolute number (R = 0.34, P = 0.002) and rate (presentations/day, R = 0.26, P = 0.017) of presentations. The summer/winter ratio of renal colic incidence was not affected by age or sex.The incidence of renal colic in the temperate environment increases with sustained increases in ambient temperature and is unaffected by age or sex. Patients at risk of renal colic should increase their fluid intake over the whole of the summer period not just during periods of extreme heat.
Gov't Doc #: 20038843
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/10944
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32833547b7
Journal: European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20038843
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Confidence Intervals
Environment
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Renal Colic.epidemiology
Risk Factors
Seasons
Sex Factors
Statistics, Nonparametric
Temperature
Victoria.epidemiology
Young Adult
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