Gouty diathesis—10–20% of patients with stones have gout. 14 The stones are uric acid,
calcium oxalate or phosphate, or a mixture of the two. Invariably, the urinary acidity is low …

Background Kidney stones affect people worldwide and have a high rate of recurrence even
with treatment. Recurrences are particularly prevalent in people with low urinary citrate …

Urinary stone disease has afflicted mankind for centuries and continues to be a significant
medical ailment throughout the world. Contemporary management reflects the changes and …

Despite advances in the surgical management of urinary stone disease that have
significantly reduced patient morbidity, new stone formation and recurrence remain …

Introduction. Ethylene glycol (EG) poisoning often results in acute renal failure, particularly if
treatment with fomepizole or ethanol is delayed because of late presentation or diagnosis …

Nephrolithiasis is a common condition affecting nearly 5 percent of US men and women
during their lifetimes. Recurrent calculi can be prevented in most patients by the use of a …

Despite technological advances in the surgical management of upper tract urinary stone
disease that have significantly reduced patient morbidity and recovery time, new stone …

Background. The therapeutic action of citrate in the management of calcium oxalate
urolithiasis has been attributed to the depletion of free calcium ions by complexation of the …

Objective Piper amalago is used in Brazilian folk medicine as diuretic and for the treatment
of urinary calculus disease, although no scientific data have been described to support …

The prevalence of calcium oxalate (CaOx) uroliths detected in cats with lower urinary tract
disease has shown a sharp increase over the last decades with a concomitant reciprocal …