Pediatric Tricky Topics, Volume 2 by Christine M. Houser

Author:Christine M. Houser
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer New York, New York, NY

How are kidney stones usually treated?

<6 mm will pass on their own –

Give fluids

Pain control

Strainer to see what kind it was

What is special about uric acid stones?

(2)

1. Usually not seen on X-ray

2. May dissolve in alkaline urine!

If a stone will not pass, how can it be removed?

Surgically

(endoscopically, if possible)

  Or

Lithotripsy

How are kidney stones confirmed?

Renal ultrasound

  Or

CT stone protocol

Most renal stones are made of _______?

Calcium

(75 %)

Although most calcium stones happen to otherwise healthy people, what conditions put the patient at increased risk?

(3)

Malignancy

Hyperparathyroidism

Small bowel bypass

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