Metabolic causes such as hypercalciuria, urinary tract infection, and obstruction are the most common aetiologies of urolithiasis, and drugs, although important in this regard, are rarely the cause of urolithiasis. Administration of one of these drugs, ceftriaxone (CTX), has been associated with biliary pseudolithiasis in adult and paediatric patients, and rarely may cause urolithiasis. Several...

Recent evidence suggests that gallstones and kidney stones are associated with insulin resistance, but the relation between stone diseases and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus is not clear. Participants in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Potsdam Study (Potsdam, Germany) provided information about the presence of gallstones and kidney stones...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between cases of calcifying tendinopathy of the shoulder and symptomatic metabolic diseases such as kidney stones, gallstones and gout. METHODS Calcifying tendinopathy of the shoulder was diagnosed in 63 patients between May 2007 and September 2011. All the patients were treated by the same orthopedic surgeon and were interviewed to gather the following ...

Copyright © 2010 Massachusetts Medical Society. 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 the first and the last stones showed that they contained 80% calcium oxalate and 20% calcium phosphate. Analysis of a 24-hour urine collection while the patient was not receiving...

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Ectopic calcification is a driving force for a variety of diseases, including kidney stones and atherosclerosis, but initiating factors remain largely unknown. Given its importance in seemingly divergent disease processes, identifying fundamental principal actors for ectopic calcification may have broad translational significance. Here we establish a Drosophila melanogaster model for ectopic ca...

This study aims to identify the effectiveness of collaborative interventions providing analgesic therapy Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID) class in treating acute pain problems patients with ureteral stones and right kidney stones. The method used is a single case grade II & IV hydronephrosis hydroureter ecausa distal ureterolithiasis UVJ level nephrolithiasis. results showed tha...

Renal calculi (kidney stones, nephrolithiasis, kidney calculi, renal stones)is a condition in which one or more stones are present the pelvis calyces of ureter. The objectives this study to efficacy homoeopathic medicine management Calculi and Homoeopathic approach avoid Surgery recurrence Stone formation. Thirty cases were selected through random sampling. studied keeping individualistic by fo...