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Background: Urolithiasis is the third most frequent urological disease in the world, affecting both males and females. It is one of the most common conditions encountered in Emergency Departments [ED] worldwide
Objective: To evaluate the frequency of visits and hospital admissions related to urolithiasis. Design: A Retrospective Review. Setting: Emergency Department, King Hamad University Hospital, Bahrain
Result: Four hundred eighty-six patients were diagnosed for the first time with urolithiasis. The mean number of the patients is 40.5 per month; the highest was 70 [14.4%] patients in May 2014 and the lowest was 23 [4.7%] patients in December 2014. Four hundred four [83.1%] males were diagnosed with urolithiasis. There was almost no difference between the number of Bahraini patients and non-Bahraini patients, 237 [48.8%] and 249 [51.2%] respectively. The age group frequently affected are those between 20 to 49 years. The majority of the stones were located in the ureter and/or in the kidney. Two hundred thirty-six [48.6%] patients had ureteric stones, and 109 [22.4%] patients had kidney stones. One hundred twenty [24.7%] patients had both kidney and ureteric stones. Thirteen 13 [2.7%] patients had stones in the bladder and 3 [0.6%] patients in the urethra. Two [0.4%] patients had stones in the bladder and the kidney. Three [0.6%] patients had stones in the bladder and ureter
Conclusion: This study is the first to address urolithiasis incidence in emergency department and trends of hospitalization. Further multicentric studies investigating contributing factors and prevalence of urolithiasis are needed