Kidney Stones

Kidney Stone Risk Higher Among Men Than Women

Publish Date June 11, 2021

Modifiable risk factors accounted for only a fraction of the difference in stone rates between the sexes, according to investigators.

Cardiovascular Risk Differs for Stone Formers With ESKD

Publish Date June 10, 2021

Among patients with nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis, the cardiovascular event rate was 74.4 per 1000 person-years.

Generic Version of Thiola Now Available

Publish Date May 19, 2021

Tiopronin is indicated for the prevention of cystine stone formation in patients with severe homozygous cystinuria who are unresponsive to treatment with high fluid intake, alkali, and diet modification.

Pregnancy Found to Increase Risk of First-Time Symptomatic Kidney Stones

Publish Date May 7, 2021

The risk for a first-time symptomatic kidney stone begins to increase in the second trimester and peaks 0 to 3 months after delivery, a study found.

Urologists Are Performing More Initial Renal Access Procedures for PCNL

Publish Date April 28, 2021

Urologist-gained renal access for percutaneous nephrolithotomy is associated with significantly lower 90-day rates of hospital readmission and blood transfusion compared with radiologist-gained access, a study found.

FDA Investigating Infections Tied to Reprocessing Urological Endoscopes

Publish Date April 8, 2021

More than 450 medical device reports of patient infections, potential contamination recorded from Jan. 1, 2017, to Feb. 20, 2021

Sodium Bicarbonate May Mitigate Calcium Phosphate Stone Risk in CKD

Publish Date April 9, 2021

Oral sodium bicarbonate therapy given to patients with chronic kidney disease increases urinary pH but also increases urinary citrate levels, which may mitigate the risk for calcium phosphate stone formation.

Kidney Stones Found to Increase Stroke Risk

Publish Date March 16, 2021

Kidney stones were associated with different degrees of risk for ischemic than hemorrhagic stroke, according to a recent meta-analysis.

Kidney Stones Linked With Osteoporosis, Fractures

Publish Date March 10, 2021

Bone loss in patients with kidney stone disease, particularly in men, has been underappreciated in clinical practice, according to investigators.

Primary Hyperparathyroidism Underdiagnosed Among Kidney Stone Formers

Publish Date August 3, 2020

Patients with kidney stones who visited both a nephrologist and a urologist had a 6.6-fold higher likelihood of receiving testing for primary hyperparathyroidism, according to a study of veterans.