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Calcium Kidney Stones

Year: 2010

Type: review

Abstract: A 43-year-old man presents for evaluation of recurrent kidney stones. He passed his first stone 9 years earlier and has had two additional symptomatic stones. Analysis of two stones showed that they contained 80% calcium oxalate and 20% calcium phosphate. The urinary volume was 1.54 liters per day, and the urine pH was 5.6. The patient had been treated with 20 to 40 mmol of potassium citrate daily since he passed his first stone. How should he be further evaluated and treated?

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

DOI: 10.1056/nejmcp1001011

Authors: Elaine M. Worcester, Fredric L. Coe

Institution: University of Chicago

Language: English

Topic: Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments

Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases