Urolithiasis in clinical practice / Said Abdallah Al-Mamari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Al-Mamari, Said Abdallah.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

In clinical practice (Springer (Firm))

In clinical practice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urinary organs--Calculi.

Urinary organs.

Urolithiasis.

Medical Subjects:

Urolithiasis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

""In Memoriam""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1: Introduction""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: History of Stone Disease""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Epidemiology of Urinary Stones""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Stone Composition""; ""4.1 Stone Components""; ""4.2 Stone Subtypes and Associated Common Causes""; ""4.3 Methods to Determine the Stone Composition""; ""4.4 Statistics in Stone Composition""; ""4.5 Geographic Variations of Stone Composition""; ""4.6 Changes in Community Stone Composition Over Time""

""6.3 Impaired Drainage""""6.4 Post Bariatric Surgery""; ""6.5 Foreign Bodies""; ""6.6 Drugs""; ""6.7 Renal Matrix Stones""; ""6.8 Gas-Containing Renal Stones""; ""6.9 Fetal Origin Hypothesis""; ""6.10 Diseases and Syndromes Associated with Renal Stones""; ""6.11 Other Factors""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: Symptomatology and Signs of Urinary Stones""; ""7.1 Presenting Symptoms""; ""7.2 Calculating the Probability of Renal Stone Symptoms Recurrence""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8: Complications of Urolithiasis""; ""References""; ""Chapter 9: Investigations of Urinary Lithiasis""

""9.1 Diagnosis of a Urinary Stone""""9.1.1 Kidney-Ureter-Bladder (KUB) Plain X-ray""; ""9.1.2 Intra-venous Urography or Pyelography (IVU or IVP)""; ""9.1.3 Ultrasonography (U/S) KUB""; ""9.1.4 Plain Computed-Tomography (CT) Scan KUB""; ""9.2 Investigations of the Cause""; ""9.2.1 Metabolic Abnormalities""; ""9.2.2 Crystalluria""; ""9.2.3 Anatomical or Structural Abnormalities""; ""9.3 Investigations of the Aftermath of Urolithiasis""; ""9.3.1 Laboratory""; ""9.3.2 Isotope Renogram Tests""; ""9.3.3 Retrograde Pyelography""; ""References""

""Chapter 10: Differential Diagnosis of Urolithiasis""""References""; ""Chapter 11: Treatment of Urolithiasis""; ""11.1 Management of Incidentally Discovered Urinary Stones (Non-obstructive and Asymptomatic)""; ""11.2 Treatment of a Painful Episode of the Stone Disease""; ""11.2.1 Symptomatic Treatment""; ""11.2.2 Medical Expulsive Therapy""; ""11.2.3 Management of an Obstructed Kidney with Sepsis""; ""11.3 Direct Treatment of the Urinary Stone""; ""11.3.1 Extracorporeal ShockWave Lithotripsy (ESWL)""; ""11.3.1.1 History""; ""11.3.1.2 Mechanisms of Action""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on Nov. 17, 2017).

ISBN:

9783319624372

3319624377

Publisher Number:

99978337025

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Restricted for use by site license.