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In medicine, urolithiasis if the "formation of stones in any part of the urinary tract, usually in the kidney; urinary bladder; or the ureter."[1]
Classification
Etiology/cause
- Hypercalcuria - Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 >140 mg/gm of urine creatinine or >4 mg/kg of body weight
- Hyperoxaluria - >40mg in 24 hour urine. May be primary or secondary to disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease
- Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hypocitruria
- Uric acid
- Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Struvite
- Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Cysteine
Treatment
Prevention
Chlorthalidone reduces recurrence of calcium oxalate stones.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Urolithiasis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Ettinger B, Citron JT, Livermore B, Dolman LI (1988). "Chlorthalidone reduces calcium oxalate calculous recurrence but magnesium hydroxide does not.". J Urol 139 (4): 679-84. PMID 3280829.