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Management of kidney stones [PDF]

BMJ, 2007
Urolithiasis affects 5-15% of the population worldwide.1 w1 Recurrence rates are close to 50%,2 w2 and the cost of urolithiasis to individuals and society is high. Acute renal colic is a common presentation in general practice, so a basic understanding of its evaluation and treatment would be useful. Most of the literature is retrospective, but we will
Nicole L. Miller, James E. Lingeman
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Hyponatremia and the risk of kidney stones: A matched case-control study in a large U.S. health system. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Kidney stones impose a large and increasing public health burden. Previous studies showed that hyponatremia is associated with an increased risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures, which are also known to be associated with kidney stones.
Naoto Tominaga, Stephen J Fernandez, Mihriye Mete, Nawar M Shara, Joseph G Verbalis   +4 more
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Climate change and the kidney [PDF]

, 2019
The worldwide increase in temperature has resulted in a marked increase in heat waves (heat extremes) that carries a markedly increased risk for morbidity and mortality.
Butler-Dawson, Jaime, Diaz, Henry F., Garcia, Gabriela, Hernando, Ana Andres, Johnson, Richard J., Lanaspa, Miguel A., Lemery, Jay, Newman, Lee S., Rodriguez-Iturbe, Bernardo, Roncal-Jimenez, Carlos A., Sato, Yuka, Sánchez-Lozada, Laura G., Tolan, Dean R.   +12 more
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Apparatus for disintegrating kidney stones [PDF]

, 1984
The useful life of the wire probe in an ultrasonic kidney stone disintegration instrument is enhanced and prolonged by attaching the wire of the wire probe to the tip of an ultrasonic transducer by means of a clamping arrangement.
Angulo, E. D.
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Kidney stones and dietary intake in adults: a population-based study in southwest Iran

BMC Public Health
Background The prevalence of kidney stones is on the rise globally. Several risk factors, including lifestyle, contribute to the formation of kidney stones. Nevertheless, there is a contentious debate about the relationship between diet and kidney stones.
Bahman Cheraghian, Alipour Meysam, Seyed Jalal Hashemi, Seyed Ahmad Hosseini, Amal Saki Malehi, Dinyar Khazaeli, Zahra Rahimi   +6 more
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The prevalence of silent kidney stones: An ultrasonographic screening study [PDF]

, 2003
Objective: Silent and not yet discovered stones of the upper urinary tract are potentially dangerous, since in due course they may cause infection, obstruction and renal damage.
Abbas, Farhat, Afzal, M, Khan, R, Niels-Peter, Buchholz, Rizvi, I, Talati, Jamsheer J   +5 more
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STONE IN THE KIDNEY

Annals of Surgery, 1920
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Retention and growth of urinary stones: insights from imaging [PDF]

, 2012
Recent work in nephrolithiasis has benefited from 2 special kinds of imaging: endoscopic study of patient kidneys with high-quality instruments, and examination of stones with microscopic computed tomography (micro CT).
McAteer, James A., Williams, James C., Jr.   +1 more
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The association between C-reactive protein levels and the risk of kidney stones: a population-based study

BMC Nephrology
Objectives The relationship between C-reactive protein (CRP) and the risk of developing kidney stones is unclear, and we aimed to assess the association between CRP and kidney stones in US adults.
Dan Liang, Chang Liu, Mei Yang
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Serum estradiol and testosterone levels in kidney stones disease with and without calcium oxalate components in naturally postmenopausal women. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
OBJECTIVE: Epidemiological data reveal that the overall risk for kidney stones disease is lower for women compared to age-matched men. However, the beneficial effect for the female sex is lost upon menopause, a time corresponding to the onset of fall in ...
Zhijian Zhao, Zanlin Mai, Lili Ou, Xiaolu Duan, Guohua Zeng   +4 more
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