Overview
Provides evidence-based recommendations for effective drug therapies for stone prevention
Written entirely by experts in their field?
Is of great value to a diverse audience, including urologists, nephrologists, primary care physicians, and dieticians
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Practical Controversies in Medical Management of Stone Disease addresses areas of controversy regarding the evaluation and management of recurrent stone formers and provides the best available evidence to support or refute common common drug and dietary recommendations. Aimed at dispelling common myths about preventative stone treatment, this book provides practical recommendations for the diagnositic evaluation and treatment and recurrent calcium calcium stone formers, but addresses uric acid and cystine stone formers.
Written by experts in stone disease, Practical Controversies in Medical Management of Stone Disease is a concise yet comprehensive resource that provides the best, current evidence supporting medical practices regarding kidney stone prevention. The book will be of value to anyone involved in the medical care of patients with kidney stones, including urologists, nephrologists, primary care physicians, and dieticians.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This practical book provides evidence-based medical management recommendations for kidney stone prevention in contemporary practice. … this book is appropriate for a wide array of providers, including urologists, nephrologists, primary care physicians, and dietitians. This valuable resource, written by experts, would be useful for trainees as well as practicing physicians. … The text is complemented by black-and-white as well as color figures, tables, and diagrams that are easy to follow. The references are up to date and highly relevant.” (Kelly A. Healy, Doody’s Book Reviews, May, 2014)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Margaret S. Pearle, MD, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Urology, Dallas, TX, USA
Stephen Y. Nakada, MD
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Urology, Madison, WI, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Practical Controversies in Medical Management of Stone Disease
Editors: Margaret S. Pearle, Stephen Y. Nakada
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9575-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-9574-1Published: 31 January 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4438-5Published: 27 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-9575-8Published: 30 January 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 145
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urology, Nephrology, Primary Care Medicine