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Does warm climate increases risk of nephrolithiasis in children?
Abstract
Aim: Children are an increasingly prevalent group of diseases in which environmental, genetic risk factors and metabolic disorders are associated in the formation of nephrolithiasis. The most prevalent metabolic abnormalities are hypocitraturia and hypercalciuria. The aim of our study is to assess the risk factors by determining the application dates, demographic, metabolic and clinical features of nephrolithiasis patients in the pediatric age group in the Mediterranean region.
Materials and Methods: We evaluated the clinical, radiological, laboratory findings and metabolic parameters of 129 children (74 boys and 55 girls) with nephrolithiasis between January 2015 and March 2018, retrospectively. Application dates of patients, symptoms, urinary infection, metabolic disturbances, radiological findings and treatment modalities were determined.
Results: A total of 129 patients, 55 (42.6%) were female and 74 (57.4%) were male, the mean age was 4.2 ± 4.7 years. 71.3% of the patients had unilateral and 24,8% of the patients had bilateral renal stones.
The most common clinical symptom was restlessness, renal colic and hematuria. When the metabolic evaluations were examined, 39 patients had hyperuricosuria, 29 had hypercalciuria, 14 had hypocitraturia and hyperoxaluria, and 3 had cystinuria. While urinary tract infection was detected in 23 patients, surgical treatment was required in addition to medical treatment in 15 patients. When the dates of arrival were investigated, it was found that most of the patients (67.4%) were admitted and diagnosed to the warm seasons (spring and summer).
Conclusion: We think that living in warm climates increase the risk of harboring kidney stones due to dehydration, which leads to a high excretion of urinary calcium and other minerals that promote the growth of kidney stones.
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Birincil Dil
Türkçe
Konular
Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Rahime Renda
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0000-0002-4277-3074
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
13 Eylül 2021
Gönderilme Tarihi
6 Şubat 2020
Kabul Tarihi
1 Eylül 2020
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 1970 Cilt: 60 Sayı: 3