Management of acute renal colic in the UK: a questionnaire survey

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Table 3 First choice analgesic (either NSAIDs, Parenteral opiates or neither) by department workload (n = 106).

First choice analgesia (NSAIDs or Parenteral opiates)	Number of new patients per year				All departments
	< 30,000	30,000 to 50,000	50,000 to 80,000	> 80,000
None used	4 (14.3%)	0	1 (2.9%)	0	5 (4.7%)
NSAIDs	18 (64.3%)	34 (97.1%)	32 (91.4%)	7 (87.5%)	91 (85.8%)
Parenteral opiates	6 (21.4%)	1 (2.9%)	2 (5.7%)	1 (12.5%)	10 (9.4%)

Percentages in brackets are those of the grouped departmental workload; those in the "All departments" column are of the 106 units. There was significant difference between department workloads in first choice analgesia (FI = 13.49, df = 6, P = 0.011).

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