Indication and performance of metabolic examination of urolithiasis

Abstract

The article deals with the identification of patients at risk of a higher rate of recurrence of lithiasis and the creation of risk groups in which everyone with diagnosed stone disease should be included. It is also discussed and extended range of basic metabolic tests and their indications.

The second part of the article is focused on implementing a range of metabolic tests in individual metabolic disturbances leading to the formation of lithiasis.

Keywords

• Urolithiasis
• metabolic evaluation
• general and specific metaphylaxis
• analysis of concrement