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Research from Chung-Ang University has provided new information about emergency medicine
2009 AUG 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a study from Seoul, South Korea, "Complications of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) occur in a small number of patients, although serious injury is rare. To report the serious complication of kidney rupture during ESWL." "A 65-year-old man was transferred to the Emergency Department (ED) with right flank pain. He had undergone ESWL for the right renal stone at a regional hospital 2 days earlier. Flank pain developed immediately after ESWL and was not spontaneously relieved. Computed tomography scan performed at the regional hospital showed an extensive right perinephric hematoma. When the patient arrived at the ED, his vital signs were unstable but were stabilized with fluid resuscitation and transfusion. Conservative care with no nephrectomy was chosen because there was no evidence of active bleeding on Doppler ultrasound examination. He was uneventfully discharged on the 31st hospital day without further complications," wrote B.H. Jeon and colleagues, Chung-Ang University. The researchers concluded: "Although it is rare, patients may present with kidney rupture or hypotension after ESWL." Jeon and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Emergency Medicine (KIDNEY RUPTURE AFTER EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE LITHOTRIPSY: REPORT OF A CASE. Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2009;37(1):13-14). For more information, contact J.H. Oh, Chung Ang University, Yongsan Hospital, Dept. of Emergency Medical, 224-1 Heukseok Dong, Seoul 156755, South Korea. Publisher contact information for the Journal of Emergency Medicine is: Elsevier Science Inc., 360 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA. Keywords: South Korea, Seoul, Life Sciences, Urolithiasis, Hematoma, Kidney, Nephrology, Emergency Medicine, Chung-Ang University. This article was prepared by Hospital & Nursing Home Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Hospital & Nursing Home Week via NewsRx.com.
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