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Query: UMLS:C0020438 (hypercalciuria)
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The probability of being a stone former (PSF) was calculated according to the method of Robertson in three groups of idiopathic calcium stone formers (normocalciuria (NCa), dietary hypercalciuria (DH) and idiopathic hypercalciuria (IH] during four conditions: on a free diet; on a calcium and oxalate restricted diet for four days and after an oxalate load (200 g of spinach) while on a calcium unrestricted or calcium restricted diet. Combined calciuria (Ca) and oxaluria (Ox) restriction significantly decreased PSF only in NCa and DH whereas the decrease was not significant in IH because of a concomitant significant increase in oxalate excretion. Increase of PSF with the oxalate load was significantly greater on calcium restricted than on calcium unrestricted diets in all groups of patients (4-6-12 times greater in NCa, DH and IH respectively). This shows the critical role of oxalate restriction when calcium is restricted in order to decrease the PSF. Combined restriction is not sufficient in idiopathic hypercalciuric patients to decrease their probability of stone formation.
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PMID:Critical role of oxalate restriction in association with calcium restriction to decrease the probability of being a stone former: insufficient effect in idiopathic hypercalciuria. 665 62

Twelve cosmonauts flown aboard the Mir orbital station for 6-12 months and twelve candidates for cosmonauts were examined in an effort to determine a degree of urolithiasis risk. Prior to flight, on flight day 310 (in one cosmonaut) and after flight, the daily urinary excretion of the components influencing lithiasis formation was determined as well as a computer-aided calculation of urine saturation by lithogenic salts was performed (Ch. Pak, USA). In the in- and postflight periods, the greater number of indices under study were negatively changed in cosmonauts. Excretion dynamics of the lithogenesis inhibitors, i.e., citrates and magnesium, is of polar directionality. Frequency of deviations from the normal indices of urolithic risk in cosmonauts is primarily conditioned by low diuresis, urine supersaturation with calcium oxalate, undissociated uric acid, brushit, hypercalciuria, and changed pH.
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PMID:[Assessment of the risk factors for urolithiasis in cosmonauts during long flights]. 896 89

The differential diagnosis of hematuria with or without proteinuria is extensive, and isolated hematuria is a common problem in children and adolescents. Extensive evaluation is often necessary for the child presenting with macroscopic plus microscopic hematuria including nonglomerular and glomerular etiologies, while children with only isolated microscopic hematuria can generally be followed after baseline evaluation to rule out infection, hypercalciuria, familial hematuria, sickle cell disease, post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (GN), and structural abnormalities (cysts, stones, obstruction, Wilms tumor). Children with the combination of hematuria and proteinuria require rapid systematic evaluation, generally including renal biopsy, except in cases where post-streptococcal GN can be clearly documented. Post-streptococcal GN occurs 7-21 days after a streptococcal infection, is associated with an acute fall in C3 levels with return to normal by approximately 8 weeks, rarely causes acute renal failure, and in children has a pattern of gradual resolution of hypertension, hematuria, and proteinuria over a course of 6-12 months.
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PMID:Asymptomatic hematuria in childhood: a practical approach to evaluation. 1079 63