Pattern of urolithiasis in a general hospital. A prospective study.
Judging from the abundance of papers published in the medical journals there appears to be a global increase in the incidence of urolithiasis. Urinary excretion of various stone-forming salts in a 24-hour urine specimen is the mainstay of the metabolic workup done in stone-formers. According to the findings patients have been classified into neat categories depending on whether they were hypercalciuric, hyperuricosuric, etc. As a group their excretion of calcium, oxalate, and urate was not different from the controls. However, they excreted significantly more phosphate and had lower 24-hour urine volumes than the controls.
Khalifa
M S
MS
Department of Surgery and Biochemistry, Sabah Hospital, Kuwait.
al Shazly
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Reavey
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PC
D002129:Calcium Oxalate / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000032:analysis / Q000453:epidemiology*
D002129:Calcium Oxalate