Specialty: Urology
Age group: Adult
Direct to an emergency department for:
- Acute or severe renal or ureteric colic
- Proven ureteric stone in people with a single kidney or kidney transplant
- Infected or obstructed kidney
Criteria for referral to public hospital specialist clinic services
- Proven calculi in ureter
- Symptomatic renal calculi
- Asymptomatic renal calculi greater than 5 millimetres.
Information to be included in the referral
Information that must be provided:
- Midstream urine microscopy culture sensitivities
- Urea and electrolytes
- Urinary tract ultrasound or CT intravenous pyelogram results.
Provide if available:
- If the person has passed a previous stone, and this has been examined, include details of calculi
- Previous imaging of kidney, ureters and urinary bladder
- Full blood examination
- Serum calcium and urate.
Additional comments
The Summary and referral information lists the information that should be included in a referral request.
Where appropriate and available, the referral may be directed to an alternative specialist clinic or service.
Referral to a public hospital is not appropriate for
Not applicable.
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