Overview
MIMIC was an international observational study about patients admitted with acute ureteric colic. The main findings were that a raised White Cell Count was not associated with spontaneous stone passage, and that medical expulsive therapy was not significantly associated with increased spontaneous stone passage rates.
This study has closed and the main results have been published here.
Thank you to all our collaborators who contributed. The full list can be viewed here.
MIMIC calculator for predicting spontaneous stone passage
We have also developed a calculator that can be used in clinical practice to aid the clinician and patient in deciding on management of a ureteric stone. The calculator predicts the rate of spontaneous stone passage in these patients and can be used here.
We are in the process of validating this calculator and if you are interested in participating then please email us on admin@bursturology.com. This is an easy project to contribute to and you will receive Pubmed indexed collaborator authorship.
Prizes:
| Date | Achievement | Evidence |
| April 2018 | Best ePoster at BAUS, Liverpool | Link |
| April 2018 | ASiT/SARS Winner, Edinburgh | Link |
| March 2018 | Best in Session at European Association of Urology (EAU), Annual Meeting, Copenham, Denmark | Link |
| November 2017 | BJS/ASiT Methodology Prize, Runner Up, at National Research Collaborative Meeting, Birmingham | Link |
| July 2017 | Best Presentation at Specialist Urology Registrars’ Group Annual Meeting | Link |
| April 2017 | Best National Research Collaborative Prize – Birmingham Surgical Trials Consortium Prize (BiSTC) at ASiT Conference, Bournemouth | Link |
| March 2017 | Best in Session at European Association of Urology (EAU), Annual Meeting, London |
Publications:
| Date | Citation | Link |
| 2017 | Shah, T. T., O’Keeffe, A. G., Gao, C., Manning, T., Peacock, A., Cashman, S., Nambiar, A., Lamb, B., Cumberbatch, M., Pickard, R., Erotocritou, P., Smith, D., Kasivisvanathan, V., & BURST Collaborative MIMIC Study Group (2017). A multi-centre cohort study evaluating the role of inflammatory markers in patient’s presenting with acute ureteric colic (MIMIC). International journal of surgery protocols, 6, 1–4. | Link |
| 2019 | Shah, T. T., Gao, C., Peters, M., Manning, T., Cashman, S., Nambiar, A., Cumberbatch, M., Lamb, B., Peacock, A., Van Son, M. J., van Rossum, P., Pickard, R., Erotocritou, P., Smith, D., Kasivisvanathan, V., & British Urology Researchers in Surgical Training (BURST) Collaborative MIMIC Study Group (2019). Factors associated with spontaneous stone passage in a contemporary cohort of patients presenting with acute ureteric colic: results from the Multi-centre cohort study evaluating the role of Inflammatory Markers In patients presenting with acute ureteric Colic (MIMIC) study. BJU international, 124(3), 504–513. | Link |
