title: Drawing up guidelines for the management of kidney stones in Italy.
abstract: The Italian Society of Nephrology recently proposed and published guidelines for the management of nephrolithiasis. This review reconsiders some aspects, and presents the scientific background and clinical-scientific evidence that suggested the guidelines for some of the more controversial and debated issues in the clinical-diagnostic approach to the disease, i. e., medical management of renal colic and the first episode of nephrolithiasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgery Sciences, University of Padua, Italy. bbaggio@auxl.unipd.it
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baggio
mesh_terms: D003085:Colic / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic