The occurrence of urolithiasis in the United States has increased; however, information on long-term trends, including recurrence rates, is lacking. Here we describe national trends in rates of emergency department visits, use of imaging, and drug treatment, primarily using the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey to describe trends and the National Health and Nutrition Examination ...

OBJECTIVE To study the effect of ascorbic acid (AA) supplementation on urinary pH, metabolic stone workup parameters, and development of de novo urolithiasis in stone-forming patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective review of the patients followed-up at a tertiary stone centre between September 2009 and October 2015 was performed. Patients with recurrent urolithiasis who received AA sup...

PURPOSE We performed this study in order to evaluate the incidence and characteristics of urolithiasis in patients with malignant hematologic diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nine hundred one patients who underwent medical treatment for malignant hematologic disease and 40,543 patients who visited the emergency room and without malignant hematologic diseases were included in our study. The pat...

INTRODUCTION Urolithiasis is a disease having a high recurrence rate and associated morbidity. A not well quantified increase is being seen in recent years that could be related with various factors. The main purpose of our study has been to estimate urolithiasis prevalence and incidence in the region of Andalusia, determining which factors are associated. MATERIAL AND METHODS We performed an...

Analysis of large datasets uroliths is necessary to illustrate the prevalence and risk factors urolithiasis. Furthermore, it may help improve treatment prevention In this study, 7866 (44.5% feline 55.5% canine) from veterinary practitioners in Netherlands between 2014 2020 were analysed. Between distribution over different types remained similar time. Female cats, obese Domestic Shorthair femal...

Background. Urolithiasis is a disease with high recurrence rate, 30-50% within 5 years. The aim of the present study was to learn the effects of citrus-based products on the urine profile in healthy persons and people with urolithiasis compared to control diet and potassium citrate.  Methods. A systematic review was performed, which included interventional, prospective observational and retrosp...

Kidney stone formation or urolithiasis is a complex process that results from series of physicochemical events, including supersaturation, nucleation, growth, aggregation, and retention in the kidney. Urolithiasis affects about 10% people Western world their 70s. Epidemiological data show calcium oxalate major mineral most kidney stones.
 To date, great progress has been achieved identifyi...

Urolithiasis or kidney stone has strong association with lifestyle. The pattern of recurrent episodes reported is alarming and if left untreated will lead to serious conditions such as cancer ablative surgical intervention. Therefore, this scoping review was performed provide an overview on knowledge, awareness practice (KAP) dietary management among patients urolithiasis. Published studies wit...