Practical Controversies in Medical Management of Stone Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pearle, Margaret S. (Editor), Nakada, Stephen Y. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Nephrology.; Primary care (Medicine).; Urology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Primary Care Medicine.

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 abo...

Table of Contents:

• Metabolic Evaluation: Underused or Overdone?
• Controversies in the Management of High Urine Oxalate as a Risk Factor for Idiopathic Calcium Oxalate Urolithiasis
• Dietary Calcium and Prevention of Calcium Stones: More or Less?
• Citrus Juices and Prevention of Calcium Stones: Some, but Not All?
• Bariatric Surgery and Stone Disease: Help or Hindrance?
• Protein Restriction and Stone Disease:  Myth or Reality?
• Uric Acid Nephrolithiasis: Uric Acid or Urine pH?
• Cystinuria: Assessing and Managing Risk
• Potassium Citrate and Calcium Stones: Benefit or Risk?
• Thiazides and Calcium Stones: Overrated or Underused?.