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Table 4 Percentage of patients undergoing biological, imaging and functional investigations versus admission department

From: Acute bacterial prostatitis: heterogeneity in diagnostic criteria and management. Retrospective multicentric analysis of 371 patients diagnosed with acute prostatitis

 

Total patients

Department of admission

  

Urology

Infectious Diseases

Internal Medicine

Geriatrics

 

n = 371

n = 178

n = 115

n = 48

n = 30

PSA dosage

163 (44%)

69 (39%)

52 (45%)

27 (55%)

15 (50%)

Pelvic ultrasound

286 (77%)

128 (72%)

105 (91%)

32 (67%)

22 (73%)

Post-void urine measurement

78 (21%)

37 (21%)

16 (14%)

7 (15%)

18 (59%)

Uroflow measure

122 (33%)

77 (43%)

9 (8%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Other investigations*

152 (41%)

85 (48%)

15 (13%)

3 (6%)

3 (11%)

  1. *Other investigations: abdomen X-ray, intravenous urography, retrograde cystography, uro-CT-scan, and cystoscopy.