Stone Composition Among First-Time Symptomatic Kidney Stone Formers in the Community.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the variation in kidney stone composition and its association with risk factors and recurrence among first-time stone formers in the general population.

Patients and methods

Medical records were manually reviewed and validated for symptomatic kidney stone episodes among Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents from January 1, 1984, through December 31, 2012. Clinical and laboratory characteristics and the risk of symptomatic recurrence were compared between stone compositions.

Results

There were 2961 validated first-time symptomatic kidney stone formers. Stone composition analysis was obtained in 1508 (51%) at the first episode. Stone formers were divided into the following mutually exclusive groups: any brushite (0.9%), any struvite (0.9%), any uri

SUBMITTER: Singh P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4593754 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature