The incidence of kidney stones has increased among young patients, especially girls, and among blacks, according to a new study. Gregory E. Tasian, of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleagues performed a population-based study using U.S. Census data and South Carolina Medical Encounter Data, which capture all emergency department visits, surgeries, and hospital admissions…
Researchers also report growing number of cases among women and children.
The cephalosporin antibiotic proved more effective than trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and amoxicillin.
Survivors of childhood cancer, especially those with abdominopelvic tumors, have higher long-term risk.
Use of ultrasound tied to delays in surgical management, unnecessary expenditures.
In the U.S., Virginia and Washington, D.C., are the only jurisdictions that require HPV vaccination.
Risk of postoperative complications increased for pediatric patients at non-high volume hospitals.
Flexible ureteroscopy achieved a stone-free rate nearly twice as high as that achieved with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.
Children with horsehoe kidney might be examined for additional urologic and nonurologic abnormalities, researchers suggest.
Shorter anogenital distance has been linked to infertility and low sperm count
