Epidemiology and etiopathogenesis of urinary calculi in western Nepal (Pokhara).
Urinary stone disease is recorded in the literature from the dawn of the history and has spared no segment of society irrespective of age, gender, occupation and socio-economic status. It is still termed as "Refractory Disease" as complete medical management to prevent occurrence or recurrence is not so far available. We conducted a preliminary survey from the Manipal Teaching Hospital and carried out urinalyses to ascertain risk factors in the local population. This preliminary survey indicates the prevalence of stone disease is in moderate zone. Hyperoxaluria is an important risk factor in more than one fourth of the stone formers; and hypernatriuria is distinctly most common potentiating risk factor.
Pandeya
Dipendra Raj
DR
Department of Biochemistry, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal.
Adhikari
Deepak
D
Risal
Sanjiv
S
Baxi
Jalaj
J
Singh
Prem Prakash
PP
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D006959:Hyperoxaluria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology