Calculi, Renal Articles

Articles

  • Sex differences in the temperature dependence of kidney stone presentations: a population-based aggregated case-crossover study.

    Previous studies assumed a uniform relationship between heat and kidney stone presentations. Determining whether sex and other characteristics modify the temperature dependence of kidney stone presentations has implications for explaining differences in nephrolithiasis prevalence and improving projections of the effect of climate change on nephrolithiasis.

    Published September 29, 2019
  • Vitamin D and Kidney Stones.

    This review explores the relationship between vitamin D supplementation and lithogenesis. A causal relationship has been assumed despite myriad studies demonstrating that therapeutic doses of vitamin D do not increase lithogenic risk.

    Published February 18, 2020