Dissolution of radiolucent renal stones by oral alkalinization with potassium citrate/potassium bicarbonate

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 188-191

  Trinchieri, Alberto ^a   Esposito, Nicola ^a   Castelnuovo, Chiara ^a  

^a A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkalinization; Potassium bicarbonate; Uric acid; Urinary calculi; Urinary pH

Indexed keywords

CITRATE POTASSIUM; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM BICARBONATE; URIC ACID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; RENOGRAPHY; RISK REDUCTION; STONE DISSOLUTION; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID STONE; URIC ACID URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE CULTURE; URINE PH; URINE VOLUME;

AGED; BICARBONATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; POTASSIUM CITRATE; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70350516703     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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