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Renal Colic Diagnoses in the ED by Lunar Month Over a 24-Month Period.

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posted on 2016-06-14, 08:27 authored by Andy W. Yang, Justin D. Johnson, Carolyn M. Fronczak, Chad A. LaGrange

559 renal colic cases due to ureteral calculus were diagnosed in the emergency department at the University of Nebraska Medical Center over a 24-month period. 90 cases (16.1%) were diagnosed during full-moon, 89 cases (15.9%) were diagnosed during new moon, and 380 cases (68.0%) were diagnosed during normal days. Supermoon events denoted by *.

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