Mi sono spesso trovato a chiedere ai pazienti di auto-monitorare nel tempo il loro volume urinario per cercare di ottemperare alla prescrizione di bere quanto necessario per mantenere una diuresi protettiva per la loro malattia. Sono giunto alla conclusione che al pari dell’auto-monitoraggio del volume urinario nelle 24 ore qualcosa di più semplice ed immediato … Leggi tutto
To provide a new and efcient at-the-toilet-bowl method of self-assessing urine concentration via urine color (Uc) to identify hypohydration. … Urine color was scored similarly by subjects and investigators (P=0.99). Based on receiver operating curves (ROC), the method scored fair, i.e., the area under the curve ranging 0.73–0.82, with an accuracy of participants and investigators … Leggi tutto
A 37-year-old man with cystinuria was seen in the nephrology clinic for routine follow-up. He had received a diagnosis of cystinuria at 1 year of age, when he had presented with nephrolithiasis and pyelonephritis; subsequent workup had shown elevated 24-hour cystine urinary excretion and homozygous variants in the gene SLC3A1. … n engl j med … Leggi tutto
Diet interventions may reduce the risk of urinary stone formation and its recurrence, but there is no conclusive consensus in the literature regarding the effectiveness of dietary interventions and recommendations about specific diets for patients with urinary calculi. The aim of this study was to review the studies reporting the effects of different dietary interventions … Leggi tutto
ORIGINAL PAPER – SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS to the ‘Dietary treatment of urinary risk factors for renal stone formation. A review of CLU Working Group.’ 0