Frequency of Symptomatic Urolithiasis among Patients who Admitted in Shiraz Hospitals

Objectives: Urolithiasis is a common condition with a high recurrence rate associated with serious complications. Moreover, it imposes a great financial burden on patients and the healthcare system. Studying its prevalence and associated factors are of great importance. We aimed to study the frequen...

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Main Authors: Ali-Muhammad Kavosh, Mona Poorbereymi, Reza Bahrami, Gholamreza Abdollahifard
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Published: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2019-07-01
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Online Access:https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/sdh/article/view/25710
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author Ali-Muhammad Kavosh
Mona Poorbereymi
Reza Bahrami
Gholamreza Abdollahifard
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description Objectives: Urolithiasis is a common condition with a high recurrence rate associated with serious complications. Moreover, it imposes a great financial burden on patients and the healthcare system. Studying its prevalence and associated factors are of great importance. We aimed to study the frequency of patients admitted to Shiraz hospitals because of urinary stones. Study Design: In this cross sectional study, three hospitals of Shiraz city, which are the referral centers for urological problems selected and all patients that admitted with impression of urolithiasis, were investigated Methods: In this study, the information of 1420 patients was collected during 2013 based on the consensus method. The collected information included age, sex, place, time and duration of admission, family history of diseases, the characteristics of urinary stones, and received treatments. Results: The male-to-female ratio was 1.96:1 with mean±SD age of 47.5±17.3 years. Most patients were 40-60 years old. The incidence rate of urolithiasis ranged from 22.2% to 27.8% in different seasons (P>0.05). Mean duration of hospitalization was 3.8±3.3 days and 37.7% of patients had another associated medical disease. Most stones were located in the kidney (49.2%) and ureter (39.4%). Composition of 70.8% of pure stones was calcium oxalate and 18.7% were staghorn type. Hematuria was the most prominent paraclinical finding (78.3%) and the most used method of treatment was lithotripsy procedures (72%) and 11.1% of patients underwent open surgery. Conclusion: Based on the current research, a significant percentage of patients had urinary stones that highlights the role of effective treatment and follow-up.
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spelling doaj.art-01cff7a07b3844e0a9b9d62bb97286ee2022-12-21T20:18:41ZengShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesSocial Determinants of Health2423-73372019-07-015210.22037/sdh.v5i2.25710Frequency of Symptomatic Urolithiasis among Patients who Admitted in Shiraz HospitalsAli-Muhammad Kavosh0Mona Poorbereymi1Reza Bahrami2Gholamreza Abdollahifard3Department of community medicine, Medical school, Shiraz university of medical sciences, Shiraz, IranDepartment of community medicine, Medical school, Shiraz university of medical sciences, Shiraz, IranDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical school, Shiraz university of medical sciences, Shiraz, IranDepartment of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Substance abuse and mental health research center, University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.Objectives: Urolithiasis is a common condition with a high recurrence rate associated with serious complications. Moreover, it imposes a great financial burden on patients and the healthcare system. Studying its prevalence and associated factors are of great importance. We aimed to study the frequency of patients admitted to Shiraz hospitals because of urinary stones. Study Design: In this cross sectional study, three hospitals of Shiraz city, which are the referral centers for urological problems selected and all patients that admitted with impression of urolithiasis, were investigated Methods: In this study, the information of 1420 patients was collected during 2013 based on the consensus method. The collected information included age, sex, place, time and duration of admission, family history of diseases, the characteristics of urinary stones, and received treatments. Results: The male-to-female ratio was 1.96:1 with mean±SD age of 47.5±17.3 years. Most patients were 40-60 years old. The incidence rate of urolithiasis ranged from 22.2% to 27.8% in different seasons (P>0.05). Mean duration of hospitalization was 3.8±3.3 days and 37.7% of patients had another associated medical disease. Most stones were located in the kidney (49.2%) and ureter (39.4%). Composition of 70.8% of pure stones was calcium oxalate and 18.7% were staghorn type. Hematuria was the most prominent paraclinical finding (78.3%) and the most used method of treatment was lithotripsy procedures (72%) and 11.1% of patients underwent open surgery. Conclusion: Based on the current research, a significant percentage of patients had urinary stones that highlights the role of effective treatment and follow-up.https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/sdh/article/view/25710Urinary calculiNephrolithiasisPrevalenceIran
spellingShingle Ali-Muhammad Kavosh
Mona Poorbereymi
Reza Bahrami
Gholamreza Abdollahifard
Frequency of Symptomatic Urolithiasis among Patients who Admitted in Shiraz Hospitals
Social Determinants of Health
Urinary calculi
Nephrolithiasis
Prevalence
Iran
title Frequency of Symptomatic Urolithiasis among Patients who Admitted in Shiraz Hospitals
title_full Frequency of Symptomatic Urolithiasis among Patients who Admitted in Shiraz Hospitals
title_fullStr Frequency of Symptomatic Urolithiasis among Patients who Admitted in Shiraz Hospitals
title_full_unstemmed Frequency of Symptomatic Urolithiasis among Patients who Admitted in Shiraz Hospitals
title_short Frequency of Symptomatic Urolithiasis among Patients who Admitted in Shiraz Hospitals
title_sort frequency of symptomatic urolithiasis among patients who admitted in shiraz hospitals
topic Urinary calculi
Nephrolithiasis
Prevalence
Iran
url https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/sdh/article/view/25710
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