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Nearly 10% of population suffer from kidney stone disease. Recent review reported that kidney stones represent an underestimated risk factor for further kidney function deterioration, arterial hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. They are furthermore a significant predictor of osteoporotic
Calcium oxalate stone disease results in billions of dollars in healthcare costs per year, creates large economic losses due to decreased work productivity, and produces significant pain and suffering in affected individuals impacting quality of life. Almost 9% of the population in the United States
Background Urolithiasis is a pathology known since antiquity although they are not known totally the causes of the formation of all the different types of calculus existing As a consequence of this, only in some cases has it been possible to develop an efficient treatment. Renal lithiasis affects a
Cystinuria is a rare inherited autosomal recessive disorder of the kidney that is the result of a defect in the dibasic amino acid transporter in the renal proximal tubule and small intestine. Supersaturation of cystine in the urine produces crystals that precipitate and form calculi, which can be a
Introduction The neurohypophysial hormone arginine vasopressin (AVP), also known as antidiuretic hormone, was one of the first hormone identified for its vasopressin properties in 1895 by Oliver and Schäfer. They showed that extract of pituitary gland increased blood pressure in anesthetized dogs.
Objective: to evaluate the influence of low-calorie diet on serum and urinary metabolic parameters of obese adults with urinary calculi and lithogenic metabolic abnormalities.
Method: prospective study of 50 patients, aged over 18 years, with a body mass index above 30 kg/m2, urinary calculi and
Background Prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing both in Denmark and in most other countries, and as conventional treatment of obesity with lifestyle changes (hypocaloric diet, physical activity and behavior modification) rarely leads to large and sustained weight loss, it is not
Background and rationale
Nephrolithiasis is a disease that could be defined as social, due to its widespread distribution and its continually increasing incidence in industrialized countries with a high standard of living (1). In Italy, it strikes just under 10% of the population, leading to
Nephrolithiasis, also called kidney stone disease, occurs in patients with genetic susceptibility and who may have a broad spectrum of metabolic disorders and other comorbid conditions (for example obesity or diabetes). These renal stones develop as a result of supersaturation. Calcium oxalate
INTRODUCTION
Background
Resistin, a recently described adipokine, belonging to the cysteine-rich secretory protein family, was originally described as an adipocyte-derived polypeptide, that provides the link between obesity and insulin resistance in mice1-2. However, resistin is expressed at very
Surgical therapy for the morbidly obese began when the jejunocolic anastomosis procedure was performed in 1956 but was modified to a jejunoileal technique years later after intolerable metabolic complications ensued.1, 2 In 1969, Payne recommended that the end to side jejunal-ileal bypass (JIB)