admin on June 29th, 2007

Population studied The investigators examined the records of 267 patients with acute flank pain, which may cause by renal kidney stones referred from an urban emergency department for unenhanced helical CT. Seventy-two patients with no available hematuria testing were excluded. No demographic data were given. Study design and validity this… Continue reading

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admin on June 6th, 2007

Polycystic kidney disease also called as PKD, primarily a genetic disease, means it tend to be carried in family tree, which make it different from other kidney problem, such as kidney stones, ect. But like other genetic diseases, there still many factor that include in it. Generally PKD has two forms, one… Continue reading

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The demand for kidney donors is far beyond the supply, which makes more study being held about transplantation using marginal organs and expanding the criteria for donation relevant. These studies indicate that the presence of small/tolerable size kidney stones should not make people with that disease being refuse from becoming donors.
A recent research… Continue reading

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Many questions being lift up recently regarding what are the most cost-effective treatment strategies for the medical management of patients with kidney stones? This question mark brings some investigation to find out how effective, consider to many factor, did medical institution in this country to provide their patient need for proper medication.
Investigators from Texas constructed… [...]

Continue reading about Kidney Stones Nephrolithiasis Cost-effective Management

admin on June 2nd, 2007

Not many people known that once a kidney stones forms, there will be 50% chance exists that a second kidney stones will form again within 5 to 7 years in the absence of treatment. Many of this “back to back” kidney stones formation held as a impact of… Continue reading

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