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Metabolic Evaluation and Recurrence Prevention for Urinary Stone Patients: EAU Guidelines

Context: An optimum metabolic evaluation strategy for urinary stone patients has not been clearly defined. Objective: To evaluate the optimum strategy for metabolic stone evaluation and management to prevent recurrent urinary stones. Evidence acquisition: Several databases were searched to identify studies on the metabolic evaluation and prevention of stone recurrence in urolithiasis patients. Special interest … Leggi tutto

IgM-Positive Plasma Cell-Tubulointerstitial Nephritis

Infiltration by IgG-positive plasma cells is a common finding in tubulointerstitial nephritis. Indeed, it has been thought that CD138-positive mature plasma cells secrete mainly IgG, and the occurrence of tubulointerstitial nephritis with CD138-positive plasma cells secreting IgM has rarely been reported.  The clinical findings for these patients included a high prevalence of distal renal tubular acidosis … Leggi tutto

Fattori meteorologici e inquinamento dell’aria associati a urolitiasi

Questo studio consiste in un’analisi di serie temporali basata su una popolazione di 300.000 casi di urolitiasi in cui per un periodo di oltre dieci anni sono stati misurati 17 fattori meteorologici e inquinanti atmosferici. Dai risultati è emerso che l’urolitiasi fosse significativamente associata alla temperatura media, all’intervallo di temperatura diurno, alla durata del sole, … Leggi tutto