The use of risk indices: do they predict recurrence?
A risk index which would reliably predict the likelihood of stone recurrence in the patient with renal calculi would help the clinician to select appropriate preventative therapy. However, none of the indices developed to date combines easy applicability in usual clinical settings with sufficient predictive power to be useful to the clinician in making treatment decisions.
Sutton
Roger A L
RA
University of British Columbia, 3254 West 20th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6L1H9. roger.sutton@shaw.ca
D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors