Difference between revisions of "Urolithiasis"
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[[File:Algorithm for kidney stone disease.png|thumb|Algorithm for kidney stone disease, developed in the US.<ref name=Brisbane2016>{{cite journal|last1=Brisbane|first1=Wayne|last2=Bailey|first2=Michael R.|last3=Sorensen|first3=Mathew D.|title=An overview of kidney stone imaging techniques|journal=Nature Reviews Urology|volume=13|issue=11|year=2016|pages=654–662|issn=1759-4812|doi=10.1038/nrurol.2016.154}}</ref> | [[File:Algorithm for kidney stone disease.png|thumb|Algorithm for kidney stone disease, developed in the US.<ref name=Brisbane2016>{{cite journal|last1=Brisbane|first1=Wayne|last2=Bailey|first2=Michael R.|last3=Sorensen|first3=Mathew D.|title=An overview of kidney stone imaging techniques|journal=Nature Reviews Urology|volume=13|issue=11|year=2016|pages=654–662|issn=1759-4812|doi=10.1038/nrurol.2016.154}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:17, 11 September 2018
Author:
Mikael Häggström [notes 1]
Urolithiasis is also known as kidney stone disease.
Choice of investigation
Algorithm for kidney stone disease, developed in the US.[1]
In the acute setting, ultrasonography for urolithiasis is generally the optimal first investigation rather than CT for urolithiasis.[2] However, it depends on several parameters, as seen in the imaged algorithm.[1]
Further information
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brisbane, Wayne; Bailey, Michael R.; Sorensen, Mathew D. (2016). "An overview of kidney stone imaging techniques ". Nature Reviews Urology 13 (11): 654–662. doi:. ISSN 1759-4812.
- ↑ Smith-Bindman, Rebecca; Aubin, Chandra; Bailitz, John; Bengiamin, Rimon N.; Camargo, Carlos A.; Corbo, Jill; Dean, Anthony J.; Goldstein, Ruth B.; et al. (2014). "Ultrasonography versus Computed Tomography for Suspected Nephrolithiasis ". New England Journal of Medicine 371 (12): 1100–1110. doi:. ISSN 0028-4793.
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