Mineral homeostasis and nephrolithiasis

Thyroid Disorders and Bone Mineral Homeostasis

Mineral homeostasis in late preterm infants

80% of mineral accretion take place in the third trimester of gestation with a fetal accretion rates of 100-150 mg/ kg/day for calcium, 50-70 mg/kg/day for phosphate and 3 mg/kg/day for magnesium. During the third trimester of gestation fetal weight triples but Ca content quadruples with a faster increase in fetal body Ca accretion from 32 to 40 weeks of gestation [1]. As a result, late preterm...

Salt and nephrolithiasis.

Dietary sodium chloride intake is nowadays globally known as one of the major threats for cardiovascular health. However, there is also important evidence that it may influence idiopathic calcium nephrolithiasis onset and recurrence. Higher salt intake has been associated with hypercalciuria and hypocitraturia, which are major risk factors for calcium stone formation. Dietary salt restriction c...

Metabolic syndrome and nephrolithiasis

PROBLEM This review focuses on the association between the metabolic syndrome (MS) and nephrolithiasis. FINDINGS Associations between nephrolithiasis and systemic diseases are recognized, including atherosclerosis, cardiovascular (CV) disease, hypertension (HNT), diabetes mellitus (DM)-composite risk factors grouped as the MS. Kidney stones incidence is increasing in this particularly high ri...

Dietary counseling and nephrolithiasis.