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Journal of Peking University (Health Sciences) ›› 2023, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (5): 871-875. doi: 10.19723/j.issn.1671-167X.2023.05.015

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Choice of medical treatment for renal colic: A survey of Chinese urologists

Ming-rui WANG,Jia-xiang JI,Jin-hui LAI,Xin-wei TANG,Hao-pu HU,Qi WANG,Ke-xin XU,Tao XU,Hao HU*()   

  1. Department of Urology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijng 100044, China
  • Received:2023-03-20 Online:2023-10-18 Published:2023-10-09
  • Contact: Hao HU E-mail:huhao@bjmu.edu.cn

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Objective: To investigate the status quo of recognition and management of renal colic among urological surgeons in China. Methods: From November 2021 to March 2022, 725 urological surgeons in China were surveyed in the form of a questionnaire, including their province, hospital grade, professional title, the number of patients with renal colic treated per week, the preferred drugs and the cognition of the disease. This study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Peking University People's Hospital, and all respondents completed informed consent online. Results: During November 2021 and March 2022, urological surgeons across China were surveyed in the form of a questionnaire, and the reliability and validity of the questionnaire were verified before the study was carried out. In the study, 720 valid questionnaires were collected (accounting for 99.31% of the total number), in which 42.4% of the doctors' preferred drugs were non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and 40.0% of the doctors' preferred antispasmodic drugs. Opioids were the first choice of 11.0% of the physicians and other treatments were preferred by 6.6% of physicians. In addition, 61.1% of the doctors thought that the mechanism of renal colic was elevated prostaglandin, 32.2% thought it was ureteral spasm, 5.0% thought it was calculi irritation, and 1.7% thought the mechanism was unclear. The doctor of the cognition of the generation mechanism of renal colic pain had a significant influence on the preferred treatment option (χ2=54.399, P < 0.001) that the "elevated prostaglandins" doctor more often preferred NSAIDs than the doctor who thought cramps and ureter stones caused renal colic (51.6% vs. 28.0%, χ2=34.356, P < 0.001;51.6% vs. 19.4%, χ2=13.759, P < 0.001). In addition, hospital class, physician title, and the number of weekly consultations by physicians influenced the choice of medications for renal colic (P < 0.05), tertiary hospitals, middle and senior professional titles and weekly patients with renal colic > 8 cases generally preferred NSAIDs. Conclusion: There are deficiencies in the cognition and drug treatment of renal colic among urological surgeons in China. The choice of the preferred drug was related to the doctor's cognition of the disease, the grade of the hospital, the doctor's professional title and the weekly treatment volume.

Key words: Renal colic, Drug treatment, Status survey

CLC Number: 

  • R692.2

Table 1

First-line drugs in each group of mechanism of renal colic"

First-line drugs Elevated PGs (n=440) Ureteral spasm (n=232) Stone stimulation (n=36) Not aware (n=12)
NSAIDs, n (%) 227 (51.6) 65 (28.0) 7 (19.4) 6 (50.0)
Opioids, n (%) 42 (9.5) 29 (12.5) 5 (13.9) 3 (25.0)
Antispasmodics, n (%) 142 (32.3) 125 (53.9) 18 (50.0) 3 (25.0)
Other drugs, n (%) 29 (6.6) 13 (5.6) 6 (16.7) 0

Table 2

First-line drugs of renal colic in each group of hospital grading"

First-line drugs Grade Ⅰ and Ⅱ (n=165) Grade Ⅲ (n=555)
NSAIDs, n (%) 52 (31.5) 253 (45.6)
Opioids, n (%) 26 (15.8) 53 (9.6)
Antispasmodics, n (%) 72 (43.6) 216 (38.9)
Other drugs, n (%) 15 (9.1) 33 (5.9)

Table 3

First-line drugs in each group of ranks of urologists"

First-line drugs Resident (n=134) Attending (n=304) Associate professor (n=199) Professor (n=83)
NSAIDs, n (%) 46 (34.3) 120 (39.5) 102 (51.3) 37 (44.6)
Opioids, n (%) 11 (8.2) 41 (13.5) 16 (8.0) 11 (13.3)
Antispasmodics, n (%) 73 (54.5) 119 (39.1) 73 (36.7) 23 (27.7)
Other drugs, n (%) 4 (3.0) 24 (7.9) 8 (4.0) 12 (14.5)

Table 4

First-line drugs in each group of the number of renal colic cases per week"

First-line drugs ≤8 cases/week (n=367) ＞8 cases/week (n=352)
NSAIDs, n (%) 138 (37.6) 166 (47.2)
Opioids, n (%) 49 (13.4) 30 (8.5)
Antispasmodics, n (%) 155 (42.2) 133 (37.8)
Other drugs, n (%) 25 (6.8) 23 (6.5)
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