ALLMedicine™ Hypocitraturia Center

Mar 12th, 2023 - Kidney stone disease (KSD) (alternatively nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis) is a global healthcare problem that affects almost all of developed and developing countries. Its prevalence has been continuously increasing with a high recurrence rate af...

Feb 10th, 2023 - Nearly 10% of population suffer from kidney stone disease. Recent review reported that kidney stones represent an underestimated risk factor for further kidney function deterioration, arterial hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. They are fur...

Jan 25th, 2023 - To define the effect of crystal light, potassium citrate, or both on urinary stone risk factors in patients with a history of stone and hypocitraturia/low pH

Jan 18th, 2023 - To explain the pathophysiology of kidney stone formation and appropriate dietary recommendations in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) such as ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) and after bariatric surgery, focusing on the current lit...

Jan 17th, 2023 - Hypocitraturia is a low urinary excretion of citrate and a well-known risk factor for kidney stone development in children. This systematic review aimed to evaluate the dietary management of hypocitraturia in children with urolithiasis. Literature...

Feb 10th, 2023 - Nearly 10% of population suffer from kidney stone disease. Recent review reported that kidney stones represent an underestimated risk factor for further kidney function deterioration, arterial hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. They are fur...

Jan 25th, 2023 - To define the effect of crystal light, potassium citrate, or both on urinary stone risk factors in patients with a history of stone and hypocitraturia/low pH

Jan 12th, 2023 - Background : Medullary sponge kidney disease is a congenital disorder caracterised by tubular ectasia and cystic dilatation of the collecting ducts in the pericalyceal region of the renal pyramids, which can lead to nephrolithiasis and frequently ...

Sep 2nd, 2022 - Although more frequent in adults, urolithiasis (urinary stones) is not rare in children, accounting for an estimated 1 in 7,600 hospital admissions. Recent reports have demonstrated a rising incidence of urinary stones in children. The hypothesis ...

Nov 20th, 2020 - The life time risk of developing nephrolithiasis is about 10-15% in the western world, but can be as high as 20-25% in the middle east. Evidence suggests that the incidence and prevalence of kidney stones is increasing globally which represent a s...

Jul 3rd, 2020 - The root causes of recurrent kidney stones can help physicians determine whether dietary changes or medication will be more helpful for at-risk patients, according to Glenn Preminger, MD, professor of urologic surgery at Duke University in Durham,...

Oct 2nd, 2015 - If you had unlimited resources, what nephrology clinical trial would you conduct? That's the big idea behind DreamRCT, a project of UKidney created by Joel Topf, MD, and Jordan Weinstein, MD, in partnership with MedPage Today. Vote for your favori...

Jul 13th, 2006 - Introduction Citrate inhibits renal stone recurrence by preventing crystal growth, aggregation, and nucleation. It is a strong chelator of calcium and one of the most common therapeutic agents used to prevent calcium oxalate, uric acid, or cystine...

Jul 13th, 2006 - Abstract Citrate supplementation is widely used in the prevention of recurrent nephrolithiasis with hypocitraturia. Potassium citrate is the most commonly used citrate agent for this indication. In patients with chronic diarrheal syndromes, the ab...

Treatment Treatments to reduce kidney stone recurrence have common and stone-specific aspects. All stone formers should be advised to maintain a high fluid intake, night and day, sufficient to result in straw-coloured urine. Calcium Oxalate and Ph...