TY  - EJOU
AU  - Shilling, Mark 
AU  - Faber, Lauren S. 
AU  - Doan, Hoi 
AU  - Peckham, Merry 
AU  - Petersen, Timothy R. 
AU  - Ehsanian, Reza 
AU  - Alba, Frances 

TI  - Emergency room management of urolithiasis: a sex-based comparison
T2  - Canadian Journal of Urology

PY  - 2025
VL  - 32
IS  - 2
SN  - 1488-5581

AB  -  <b>Introduction:</b> Existing literature has highlighted disparities in acute pain management across racial and sex groups in both emergency department and pre-hospital settings. This study aimed to evaluate prescribing patterns among physicians and advanced practice providers for patients with upper tract urolithiasis in an academic emergency department. <b>Materials and Methods:</b> Retrospective chart review of patients diagnosed with upper tract urolithiasis was performed to evaluate age, sex, race, ethnicity, stone size and location, presence of hydronephrosis, admission status, history of prior nephrolithiasis, medications administered in the emergency department (ED), requests for urology consult or referral, and discharge medications. <b>Results and Conclusions:</b> In this single-center, propensity-matched analysis, we found no significant sex, race, or provider level of training-based differences in prescribing patterns for patients presenting with renal colic secondary to upper urinary tract stones in our academic emergency department.
KW  - urolithiasis; emergency medicine; urology; propensity score

DO  - 10.32604/cju.2025.063415