Volume 6 Issue 3 (May - June), 2020

Original Articles

A clinical study to evaluate the complications and associated factors related to renal calculi patients- An original research study
Himadri Shankar

Background and Aim:Renal calculi are crystal concretion formed usually within the kidneys. It is an ever increasing urological disorder of human health, affecting about 12% of the world population. The sole aim of this study was to evaluate complications of the cases of renal calculi in studied population. Materials & Methods: This study was conducted on 160 patients of renal stones of both genders. Patient’s parameters such as age, gender, type of stones etc. were recorded. Ultrasonography (USG) was performed in all patients. Results: Statistical analysis was attempted by software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 21. Out of 100 selected patients, males were 64 and females were 36. p value was reported to be significant for the age group of 45-50 (0.00, *p<0.05 significant). Maximum patients (25) were falling in the age range of 46-50 years. Pain was reported in maximum cases (n=63) followed by hematuria, dysuria, anuria, fever, cramp. Up to 82% patents were having Calcium based calculi (Oxalate + Phosphate). Almost all the studied complications were noticed in 7 patients. Most of the primary therapy focused on waiting for its passing by itself. Conclusion: In the studied patients, most common type of renal calculi was calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate. Males were more affected than females. Pain was the most common symptoms followed by hematuria. Key words: Nephrolithiasis, Chronic kidney disease, Renal calculi, Septicemia

 
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