A doctor can diagnose someone with a kidney stone from across the room, because they are doubled over in pain, trying to find a comfortable position. Decades ago, kidney stones occurred in 1 out of 20 ...
A number of lab studies can aid in assessing a patient’s risk of stone formation. Urinalysis: Routine urinalysis and culture should be performed in all stone formers and those at risk. Whereas urine ...
A doctor can diagnose someone with a kidney stone from across the room, because they are doubled over in pain, trying to find a comfortable position. Decades ago, kidney stones occurred in 1 out of 20 ...
The typical clinical presentation is very similar to the patient described above. Patients report an insidious onset with vague abdominal and back pain, accompanied by malaise, loss of appetite, and ...
In a patient with hypertension temporally related to unilateral hydronephrosis the kidney disorder appeared to be a complication of abdominal pregnancy. Renal arterial disease and urinary-tract ...
The cost-effectiveness of shock-wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopic lithotripsy are comparable in patients with large, upper ureteral stones, a Taiwan-based group has found. Interestingly, this finding ...