Table 1

 Follow up results for the controls

Flow-chartOutpatient clinic or telephone follow up resultsNo. of patientsTotal
IVP, intravenous pyelography; US, ultrasonography, CUT, complete urine test; CT, computerised tomography; ED, emergency department.
Haematuria+, US+IVP normal. No diagnosis. Followed up923
Lower urinary tract infection5
Ureterovesical junction obstruction1
Uterus myoma1
Ovarian cyst1
Renal cyst1
No examination. No pain. No diagnosis5
Haematuria+, US−No problem in test results and follow ups. No pain22
Haematuria−, US−CUT, bedside US, radiological US, spiral urinary CT normal616
Urine analysis, bedside US, radiological US normal. No pain in follow up5
Cholelithiasis1
Tests and IVP normal.1
Non-specific abdominal pain. Hospitalised in general surgery ward and discharged after monitoring1
Food intoxication1
Tests normal. Lumber pain1
Haematuria−, US+Prostate carcinoma (previously diagnosed)110
Medullary nephrocalcinosis1
Horseshoe kidney1
Diagnosis of lower urinary tract infection at ED1
Intestinal colic1
Diagnosis of pyelonephritis at ED1
No other diagnosis made3