Psychiatric Diagnoses and Other Factors Associated with Emergency Department Return within 30 Days of Ureteroscopy

Emergency department(ED) visits after ureteroscopy(URS) are costly and inconvenient. To better understand those at risk, we aim to identify patient demographic, medical and surgical factors associated with 30-day ED presentation following URS for urolithiasis with particular attention paid to those with a history of a psychiatric diagnosis(PD).

Source: The Journal of Urology - October 11, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Evan C. Carlos, Chloe E. Peters, Daniel A. Wollin, Brenton B. Winship, Leah G. Davis, Jingqiu Li, Charles D. Scales, Samuel H. Eaton, Glenn M. Preminger, Michael E. Lipkin Source Type: research