Medical management and prevention of nephrolithiasis

Kiran B Chandrashekar; Tibor Fulop; Luis A Juncos

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.10.022

Medical management and prevention of nephrolithiasis

Am J Med. 2012 Apr;125(4):344-7. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.10.022.

Authors

Kiran B Chandrashekar¹, Tibor Fulop, Luis A Juncos

Affiliation

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Mississippi Health Care and University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA. kchandrashekar@umc.edu

PMID: 22444098
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.10.022

Abstract

Kidney stones have increased in prevalence and pose a significant burden on the US health care expenditure. This article is intended to help primary care physicians in their office management of stone disease by providing an update on the recent advances made in this field.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Humans
Nephrolithiasis / diagnosis
Nephrolithiasis / etiology
Nephrolithiasis / prevention & control*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Primary Health Care*
Urologic Surgical Procedures

Grants and funding

R01-DK073401/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States