Temporal trends in incidence of kidney stones among children: a 25-year population based study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We conducted a population based pediatric study to determine the incidence of symptomatic kidney stones during a 25-year period and to identify factors related to variation in stone incidence during this period.

Materials and methods

The Rochester Epidemiology Project was used to identify all patients younger than 18 years who were diagnosed with kidney stones in Olmsted County, Minnesota from 1984 to 2008. Medical records were reviewed to validate first time symptomatic stone formers with identification of age appropriate symptoms plus stone confirmation by imaging or passage. The incidence of symptomatic stones by age, gender and study period was compared. Clinical characteristics of incident stone formers were described.

Results

A total of 207 children rece

SUBMITTER: Dwyer ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3482509 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature