Instructional Course - Requires Course Pass or Individual Course Ticket, Additional Registration Required

005IC: Urolithiasis: Metabolic Evaluation & Medical Treatment

Instructional Course Director(s)

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  Michael Lipkin, MD

  Duke University

Instructional Course Faculty(s)

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  Sara Best, MD

  Univ of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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  Jodi Antonelli, MD

  UT Southwestern Medical Center
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  Brian Eisner, MD

  Massachusetts General Hospital

This course will review the pathophysiology of stone disease in order to understand the metabolic and environmental risk factors that lead to stone formation. Additionally, it will guide the practitioner in obtaining a pertinent and directed medical history relating to stone disease that will facilitate identification of high risk patients who warrant metabolic evaluation. The role of diet in stone prevention will be reviewed. Finally, this course will offer a simplified diagnostic protocol and treatment algorithm, consisting of dietary measures and medication, for the prevention of recurrent stones.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the pathophysiology of stone disease
• Obtain a pertinent and directed medical history relating to stone disease
• Identify high risk patients who warrant metabolic evaluation
• Perform a diagnostic metabolic evaluation
• Formulate a rational treatment plan for stone prevention that includes dietary measures and medication