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In [[medicine]], '''nephrolithiasis''', or '''kidney stones''', is "formation of [[Calculus (medicine)|stones]] in the [[kidney]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | {{subpages}} | ||
In [[medicine]], '''nephrolithiasis''', or '''kidney stones''', is a form of [[urolithiasis]] in which there is "formation of [[Calculus (medicine)|stones]] in the [[kidney]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | |||
==Diagnosis== | |||
[[Pyruria]] may be present, even if no [[urinary tract infection]] is associated.<ref name="pmid23850311">{{cite journal| author=Abrahamian FM, Krishnadasan A, Mower WR, Moran GJ, Talan DA| title=Association of pyuria and clinical characteristics with the presence of urinary tract infection among patients with acute nephrolithiasis. | journal=Ann Emerg Med | year= 2013 | volume= 62 | issue= 5 | pages= 526-33 | pmid=23850311 | doi=10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.06.006 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23850311 }} </ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 23:16, 17 November 2013
In medicine, nephrolithiasis, or kidney stones, is a form of urolithiasis in which there is "formation of stones in the kidney."[1]
Diagnosis
Pyruria may be present, even if no urinary tract infection is associated.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Nephrolithiasis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Abrahamian FM, Krishnadasan A, Mower WR, Moran GJ, Talan DA (2013). "Association of pyuria and clinical characteristics with the presence of urinary tract infection among patients with acute nephrolithiasis.". Ann Emerg Med 62 (5): 526-33. DOI:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.06.006. PMID 23850311. Research Blogging.