Author | Pak, Charles Y. C. author |
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Title | Calcium Urolithiasis [electronic resource] : Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management / by Charles Y. C. Pak |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer New York, 1978 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2451-5 |
Descript | XII, 164 p. 6 illus. online resource |
1 Introduction -- 2 Physical Chemistry of Stone Formation -- Scheme for Stone Formation -- Process of Nucleation -- Crystal Growth -- Crystal Aggregation -- Heterogeneous Nucleation -- Inhibitors of Crystallization -- Promoters of Crystallization -- Organic Matrix of Stones -- Future Research in the Physical Chemistry of Stone Formation -- References -- 3 Hypercalciurias -- Role of Hypercalciuria in Stone Formation -- Causes of Hypercalciuria -- Historical Considerations -- Diagnostic Criteria for Hypercalciurias -- Association with Hyperuricosuria -- Genetics of Absorptive and Renal Hypercalciurias -- Clinical Course -- Causes of the Intestinal Hyperabsorption of Calcium -- Treatment of Hypercalciurias -- โHarmfulโ Drugs -- Rational Basis for Therapy of Hypercalciurias -- Future Research in Hypercalciurias -- References -- 4 Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Other Causes of Hypercalcemia -- Definition of Hypercalcemia -- Primary Hyperparathyroidism -- Normocalcemic Primary Hyperparathyroidism -- Other Causes of Hypercalcemia -- References -- 5 Hyperuricosuric Calcium Urolithiasis -- Historical Background -- Cause of Calcium Urolithiasis in Hyperuricosuria -- Clinical Presentation of Hyperuricosuric Calcium Urolithiasis -- Treatment with Allopurinol -- Future Studies -- References -- 6 Hyperoxaluric Calcium Urolithiasis -- Historical Background -- Cause of the Hyperoxaluria -- Cause of Stone Formation -- Clinical Presentation -- Treatment of Secondary Hyperoxaluria -- Future Studies -- References -- 7 Practical Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Calcium Urolithiasis -- Ambulatory Evaluation -- Outline of the Procedure (Table IX) -- Interpretation of Data -- Optimum Treatment of Calcium Urolithiasis -- Follow-Up Care -- Selection of Patients for Evaluation and Treatment -- References