FREQUENCY OF RENAL COLIC DUE TO RENAL STONE ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGE IN CLIMATE DURING DIFFERENT MONTHS OF THE YEAR
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52206/jsmc.2013.3.2.383-388Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To study the incidence of renal colic attacks due to renal stone and its relationship with
climate during different months of the year.
MATERIAL AND MONTHS: This prospective study was conducted on patients with renal colic
secondary to stones, who were admitted in the Institute of Kidney Diseases Hayatabad Peshawar between
October 2010 & September 2013.
RESULTS: This study included 980 patients, 765 (78.06%) were male and 215 (21.93%) were female.The
mean age of the patients was ( 33.1± 9.8years). Majority of the patients 807(82.4%) were under 40 years of
age. Renal colic was more common in summer months like June 118 (12%), July 111 (11.3%) August 109
(11.1%) and September 88 (9%) respectively. The lowest no of admission was in February 40 (4.1%),
January43 (4.4%), and March 45 (4.6%). It shows that the mean admission of the year due to renal colic
secondary to stone was significantly different from mean admission of the warmer months 578 patients
(59%) in comparison to winter month 402 patients (41%). It shows that there was 18% increased incidence
of renal colic visits in the warmer months of June, July and august compared with the colder months of
December,January and February.
CONCLUSION: The renal colic visit was more in the summer and highest in the month of June, July,
August and declining start from September onward and lowest in February. We found a strong positive
correlation between ambient temperature and renal colic visits.
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