title: Metabolic evaluation of urinary lithiasis: what urologists should know and do.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Urolithiasis is a complex medical entity and regroups several different types of stones, each caused by a multitude of dietary imbalances or metabolic anomalies. In order to better assess the stone-forming patient, urologists should be competent in performing a thorough metabolic work-up.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed the litterature in order to provide an appropriate overview of the various components of the metabolic evaluation, including stone analysis, biochemistry tests, and urine collection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Performing a metabolic evaluation allows precise intervention in order to treat and mainly prevent stone disease.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, QC, Canada, julien.letendre@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Letendre
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cloutier
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Valiquette
mesh_terms: D015930:Diet Records; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D052878:Urolithiasis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism*