Kidney stone disease

Kidney stone disease

Kidney stone disease, also known as urolithiasis, is when a solid piece of material develops in the urinary tract. Topics covered includes: Signs and symptoms, Risk factors, Calcium oxalate, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Imaging studies, Dietary measures, Urine alkalinization, Diuretics, Allopurinol, Pain management, Medical expulsive therapy, Lithotripsy and Surgery.

Author(s): Wikipedia.org

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Essential Urology for Medical Students

This note covers acute Scrotal Pain, Prostate specific antigen, Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Localised prostate cancer, Macroscopic haematuria, Nephrolithiasis, Urothelilal cancer, Renal cell carcinoma and testicular cancer.

Author(s): Nishanth Krishnananthan and Charles Chabert

54 Pages

Clinical Management of Complicated Urinary Tract Infection

This book provides comprehensive information on etiology, epidemiology, immunology, pathology, pathogenic mechanisms, symptomatology, investigation and management of urinary tract infection. Chapters cover common problems in urinary tract infection and put emphasis on the importance of making a correct clinical decision and choosing the appropriate therapeutic approach.

Author(s): Ahmad Nikibakhsh

304 Pages

Renal Pathophysiology

The importance of the kidneys is most clearly demonstrated in this book. Topics covered includes: Kidney Structure and the Nephron, Glomerular Filtration, Introduction to Homeostasis, Water Handling and Osmolality, Introduction to Acid/Base, Respiratory Acidosis/Alkalosis, GFR and Clerance, Sodium Handling and Volume Regulation, Metabolic Acidosis,Volume Status and Sodium Balance, Metabolic Alkalosis, Potassium Handling, Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease: Progression and Adaptation,Osmolality and Water Balance.

Author(s): Tufts University

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