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Practical Controversies in Medical Management of Stone Disease
Pearle, Nakada
Editore
Springer
Anno
2014
Pagine
145
ISBN
9781461495741
100,00 €
- Provides evidence-based recommendations for effective drug therapies for stone prevention
- Written entirely by experts in their field
- Is of great value to a diverse audience, including urologists, nephrologists, primary care physicians, and dieticians
Practical Controversies in Medical Management of Stone Disease addresses areas of controversy regarding the evaluation and management of recurrent stone formers and provides the best available evidence to support or refute common drug and dietary recommendations. Aimed at dispelling common myths about preventative stone treatment, this book provides practical recommendations for the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of recurrent calcium stone formers, and addresses uric acid and cystine stone formers.
Written by experts in stone disease, Practical Controversies in Medical Management of Stone Disease is a concise yet comprehensive resource that provides the best, current evidence supporting medical practices regarding kidney stone prevention. The book will be of value to anyone involved in the medical care of patients with kidney stones, including urologists, nephrologists, primary care physicians, and dieticians.
Contents
1 Metabolic Evaluation: Underused or Overdone?.................................... 1
Juan C. Calle and Manoj Monga
2 Dietary oxalate and calcium oxalate stones: a theoretical
or real concern?........................................................................................... 7
Kristina L. Penniston
3 Dietary Calcium and Prevention of Calcium Stones:
More or Less?.............................................................................................. 29
Jodi Antonelli and Margaret S. Pearle
4 Citrus Juices and Prevention of Calcium Stones:
Some, but Not All?...................................................................................... 45
Michael P. Kurtz and Brian H. Eisner
5 Bariatric Surgery and Stone Disease: Help or Hindrance?.................... 63
Gautam Jayram and Brian R. Matlaga
6 Protein Restriction and Stone Disease: Myth or Reality?....................... 71
Sara L. Best
7 Uric Acid Nephrolithiasis: Uric Acid or Urine pH?................................. 91
Khashayar Sakhaee
8 Cystinuria: Assessing and Managing Risk............................................... 105
Nicola T. Sumorok and David S. Goldfarb
9 Potassium Citrate and Calcium Stones: Benefit or Risk?....................... 115
Ramy F. Youssef, Glenn M. Preminger and Michael E. Lipkin
10 Thiazides and Calcium Stones: Overrated or Underused?..................... 131
John J. Knoedler and Amy E. Krambeck
Index................................................................................................................... 143
