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- Title
Simplified methods for the evaluation of the risk of forming renal stones and the follow-up of stone-forming propensity during the preventive treatment of stone-formation.
- Authors
Grases, Fèlix; Costa-Bauzá, Antonia
- Abstract
Renal lithiasis is a complex multifactorial disease in which recurrence is common. Thus, simple and reliable procedures are needed to evaluate patients with previous kidney stones to determine the risk of recurrence. In this paper we review simple biochemical procedures that can be used to determine the risk for renal stone formation when the stone is available or unavailable for analysis. Our present knowledge of renal lithiasis indicates that renal stones form due to several well-defined factors. Analysis of the renal stone itself can provide important information about clinical factors that require further investigation. When the stone is unavailable, it is necessary to perform a general evaluation of main urinary risk factors associated to renal stone formation, but this study should be complemented considering information related to direct familial antecedents, recidivant degree, radiological images, medical history, and life style habits. Finally, tools for patient follow-up of stone-forming propensity during the preventive treatment are discussed .
- Subjects
KIDNEY stones; URINARY calculi; URINARY organ diseases; PREVENTIVE medicine; THERAPEUTICS; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Urolithiasis, 2016, Vol 44, Issue 1, p77
- ISSN
2194-7228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00240-015-0838-5