MyMedR

Displaying all 17 publications

Abstract:

Sort:

Urinary metabolic evaluation of stone formers-a Malaysian perspective

Hong YH, Dublin N, Razack AH, Mohd MA, Husain R

Urology, 2012 Sep;80(3):529-34.
PMID: 22578827 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.02.053

To investigate the urinary metabolic excretion pattern among local stone formers given the great differences in the intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors as well as the urinary metabolic excretions compared with other populations.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi/metabolism; Urinary Calculi/urine*
Stone diet and dietary change: understanding determinants for dietary change behaviour in patients following urinary stones

Muhamad S, Sowtali SN, Arifin SRM, Islah MAR, Mohd Shukri NA

J Hum Nutr Diet, 2023 Oct;36(5):2060-2072.
PMID: 37515409 DOI: 10.1111/jhn.13215

BACKGROUND: Dietary habit is one of the most important methods to prevent and treat urinary stones. However, only limited evidence of the experiences of dietary management among urinary stone patients in Malaysia is available. This study aimed to explore participants' current dietary practices after the diagnosis of urinary stones and to identify the factors that facilitate their dietary changes.
METHODS: A qualitative study with purposive sampling was conducted using face-to-face semistructured interviews. A total of 20 participants from a tertiary general hospital in Kuantan, Malaysia, were recruited in this study. Data were analysed using framework analysis.
RESULTS: Two themes emerged from the analysis. The first theme explained the changes in the dietary practice of the participants postdiagnosis. The second theme revealed that the participants' dietary changes were greatly influenced by personal factors and external support from professionals, family and peers.
CONCLUSIONS: Urinary stone patients highlighted the fear of complications, self-determination and knowledge of nutrition as the main drivers of their dietary change postdiagnosis. Emphasising proper nutritional care by assessing and evaluating dietary self-management among patients can facilitate effective self-care in stone prevention management.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi*
Fulltext The Urological Association of Asia clinical guideline for urinary stone disease

Taguchi K, Cho SY, Ng AC, Usawachintachit M, Tan YK, Deng YL, et al.

Int J Urol, 2019 07;26(7):688-709.
PMID: 31016804 DOI: 10.1111/iju.13957

The Urological Association of Asia, consisting of 25 member associations and one affiliated member since its foundation in 1990, has planned to develop Asian guidelines for all urological fields. The field of stone diseases is the third of its guideline projects. Because of the different climates, and social, economic and ethnic environments, the clinical practice for urinary stone diseases widely varies among the Asian countries. The committee members of the Urological Association of Asia on the clinical guidelines for urinary stone disease carried out a surveillance study to better understand the diversity of the treatment strategy among different regions and subsequent systematic literature review through PubMed and MEDLINE database between 1966 and 2017. Levels of evidence and grades of recommendation for each management were decided according to the relevant strategy. Each clinical question and answer were thoroughly reviewed and discussed by all committee members and their colleagues, with suggestions from expert representatives of the American Urological Association and European Association of Urology. However, we focused on the pragmatic care of patients and our own evidence throughout Asia, which included recent surgical trends, such as miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy and endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery. This guideline covers all fields of stone diseases, from etiology to recurrence prevention. Here, we present a short summary of the first version of the guideline - consisting 43 clinical questions - and overview its key practical issues.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi/diagnosis*; Urinary Calculi/drug therapy; Urinary Calculi/prevention & control; Urinary Calculi/surgery*
[Descriptive epidemiology of urolithiasis]

Kodama H, Ohno Y

Hinyokika Kiyo, 1989 Jun;35(6):923-34.
PMID: 2678977

In this paper, urolithiasis is remarked from the standpoint of descriptive epidemiology, which examines the frequency distribution of a given disease in a population in terms of time, place and personal characteristics with an aim of identifying risk factors or some clues to the etiology. Some descriptive epidemiological features of urolithiasis are summarized. Prevalence rate is around 4% (4-15% in males and 4-8% in females), and incidence rate varies from area to area: 53.2 per 100,000 population in 1975 in Japan, 364 in 1976 in Malaysia, and 540 in 1979 in West Germany. Prevalence and/or incidence rates have, in general, increased in the developed countries since World War II and in the developing countries as well, where upward trends are quite analogous to the trends observed in the nineteenth century in Europe. Recurrence rate, which is much higher in males than in females, ranges from 31% to 75%, depending on the follow-up periods. In the industrialized countries, upper urinary (renal and ureteral) stones account for more than 90% of total stones, which are ordinarily calcium complexes in composition. More common in the developing countries are lower urinary (bladder and urethral) stones, frequently composed of magnesium ammonium phosphate, which indicates a close association with urinary tract infections. Variations in frequency are evident by season and by region within a country. Age and sex differentials in urinary stone formers are substantial: more common in males 30-40 years old in the industrialized countries and in children under 10 years old in the developing countries. Racial differentials are also noted; blacks appear to suffer less frequently than whites. Stone formers experience more frequent episodes of stone formation in their family members, particularly father and brothers, than non-stone formers. These findings on racial differentials and family preponderance suggest the possible relevance of genetic factors in stone formation. Stone formers are more likely to be occupationally sedentary and socially affluent. This observation and differentials by age and sex suggest the probable relevance of lifestyle and environmental factors in stone formation. Epidemiological factors incriminated for stone formation will be discussed in a separate paper.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi/genetics; Urinary Calculi/epidemiology*
Fulltext Giant urethral calculus

Win T

Singapore Med J, 1994 Aug;35(4):414-5.
PMID: 7899907

This is a case report of a 56-year-old Malay male presenting with a giant urethral calculus. The stone measuring 70 X 50 X 40 mm and weighing 45 g was impacted in the posterior urethra. The giant urethral calculus was removed successfully through external urethrotomy.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi/diagnosis*; Urinary Calculi/surgery
Fulltext Urinary stones in Kelantan, Malaysia--a two year review

Lim KG, Edward RH, McAll GLG, Thaung M, Wahad NA, Arimainayagam G

Singapore Med J, 1988 Aug;29(4):353-6.
PMID: 3249962

216 patients were found to have had surgery for urinary calculi In a retrospective analysis of surgical records of the two general hospitals in Kelantan over a two year period. Excluding 11 patients from Terengganu and 2 patients resident in Kelantan for less than 1 year, this amounts to an annual incidence for calculus surgery of 10 per 100,000 residents per year. Lower urinary tract (LT) calculi (143) were more common than upper urinary tract (UT) calculi (71). There was an overwhelming majority of males among patients operated on for LT calculi (ratio of males:females = 1.2:1). The mean age of patients with UT calculi was 44 years, while that of LT calculi was 51 years.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi/surgery*
Fulltext Twisted fate of bladder catheters

Sithasanan N, Kihne M, Naidu RR, Ramanujam TM

Med J Malaysia, 2006 Aug;61(3):369-70.
PMID: 17240594 MyJurnal

Catheter knotting is a rare complication of bladder catheterisation. Retention of catheter parts resulting in calculus formation is even rarer. We report a case of a vesical calculus formed over a broken and retained supra-pubic catheter which to the best of our knowledge has yet to be reported, along with three other cases of bladder catheter knotting.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi/etiology
Fulltext Urinary calculi in Limbang District

Lau LK, Ong AT

Med J Malaysia, 1980 Sep;35(1):38-40.
PMID: 7253996

74 cases of radiologically proven urinary calculi between 1975 and 1979 were analysed by race, sex and age. The relative frequency of single and multiple stones was also studied. The disease was found in all the ethnic groups present in Limbang except for the Punans. Possible reasons for this observation of their apparent absence were given. The absence of patients from one of the Malay Kampongs in Limbang town was also noted.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi/epidemiology*
Fulltext Renal stones in Kelantan, Malaysia--has the pattern changed?

Nazmi N, Zainal D, Hashim M

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1997 Sep;28(3):641-4.
PMID: 9561623

Records of 183 patients with renal stones managed at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia between 1985 and 1995 were retrospectively evaluated. The commonest symptom was lumbar pain which may be associated with either frequency, blood stained urine or dysuria. One hundred and sixty-one patients (88%) had upper tract stones while the remainder had lower tract stones. Positive urine cultures were seen in 33 patients. The commonest organism isolated was Escherichia coli followed by Klebsiella aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Almost all of our patients had renal impairment at presentation and 70% of them progressed to chronic renal failure. In contrast to previous findings, the pattern of renal stone in this region is similar to that described in Western society. Its effect on renal function is serious and hence warrant special attention.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi/diagnosis*; Urinary Calculi/etiology*; Urinary Calculi/therapy
A comparative study of relative incidence of stone types between a transient military population and the indigenous population of the Hawaiian Islands

Wurster JC, Ceccarelli FE, Chinn HY

J Urol, 1970 Oct;104(4):581-5.
PMID: 5476472
Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi/etiology; Urinary Calculi/epidemiology*; Urinary Calculi/therapy
Fulltext Incidence of urinary stones in the various states of mainland Malaysia

Sreenevasan G

Med J Malaysia, 1981 Sep;36(3):142-7.
PMID: 7329370

A study into the incidence of urinary calculi over a 15-year period from 1962-1976 in the states of mainland Malaysia is presented. Figures from the Ministry of Health Returns are the only source for such information. The incidence from the various states over each five year period from 1962-1972 is tabulated and its significance especially, the pattern of incidence, and its relation to industrialisation is discussed. Malaysia is beginning to show the same pattern of incidence in the upper and lower urinary tract as that of other industrialised countries. A plea is made for the establishment of a central register at the Institute of Urology and Nephrology to carry out a national survey of urinary calculi so that a study into the epidemiology, and if possible, preventive aspects of urolithiasis can be undertaken.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi/etiology; Urinary Calculi/epidemiology*
Twenty-four hour and spot urine metabolic evaluations: correlations versus agreements

Hong YH, Dublin N, Razack AH, Mohd MA, Husain R

Urology, 2010 Jun;75(6):1294-8.
PMID: 19914693 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.08.061

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the correlations and agreements between the solute/creatinine ratios from the 24-hour and early morning spot urine samples for metabolic evaluation in stone-formers given the various pitfalls with the 24-hour urinary metabolic evaluation in stone-formers.
METHODS: 30 urinary stone-formers out of an initial 62 recruited provided a complete 24-hour urine and early morning spot urine samples for metabolic evaluation. Pearson correlation and Bland and Altman Test were used to assess the correlations and agreements.
RESULTS: Significant correlations were established between the 24-hour urinary solute excretions and the corresponding early morning spot urine solute/creatinine ratios for calcium, magnesium, urate, potassium, oxalate, citrate, and the Differential Gibb's free energy value of calcium oxalate DG(CaOx) values. However, all these solute/creatinine measurements between the 24-hour and early morning spot urine samples were judged to be not within the acceptable limits based on the estimated "limit of agreement" by the Bland and Altman Test of Agreement. Diurnal circadian rhythm and postprandial excretion surge are thought to be responsible for the disagreements.
CONCLUSIONS: Thus, the early morning spot urine is not suitable to be used interchangeably to replace the 24-hour urine collection in the evaluation of urinary metabolic abnormalities in stone-formers. A good correlation does not translate to an agreement between the 2 measurements.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi/diagnosis; Urinary Calculi/urine*
Giant Urethral Calculus without Acute Urinary Retention

Abidin ZAZ, Hayati F, Tan GH, Goh EH, Hafidzul J, Zulkifli MZ

J Coll Physicians Surg Pak, 2018 Mar;28(3):S69-S70.
PMID: 29482714 DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2018.03.S69

A 46-year gentleman presented with a left-sided lumbar region pain without fever or dysuria. He denied episodes of acute urinary retention. There was a hard mass at the distal urethra with normal laboratory blood tests. Computed tomography urogram revealed a concurrent left renal staghorn calculus and large distal urethral stone. The urethral stone was fragmented via endourologic technique successfully. We report a case of a non-obstructing large urethral calculus in a gentleman with concurrent left renal staghorn calculus and discuss the literature review.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi/surgery
Fulltext Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in a Malaysian population

Koh KB

Singapore Med J, 1993 Aug;34(4):341-2.
PMID: 8266209

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is a clinico-pathological entity that is gaining awareness amongst urologists worldwide. It is an unusual chronic inflammatory lesion involving the kidney that destroys renal parenchyma and may mimic renal carcinoma. It is usually seen in middle-aged women and is associated with urinary tract infections and urinary calculi. Most reports and reviews of this condition come from the West; this study reviews the incidence and presentation of the condition in a Malaysian population.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi/epidemiology
Twenty-four-hour urine constituents in stone formers: a study from the northeast part of Peninsular Malaysia

Hussein NS, Sadiq SM, Kamaliah MD, Norakmal AW, Gohar MN

Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl, 2013 May;24(3):630-7.
PMID: 23640651

Urolithiasis is a common disease with increasing incidence and prevalence world-wide, probably more common in industrialized countries. The metabolic evaluation of 24-h urine collection has been considered as part of the management of urinary stone patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the 24-h urine constituents in stone formers and its relation to demographic data in the northeast part of Peninsular Malaysia. One hundred and six patients were recruited in this study from two hospitals in the same geographical region; 96 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria and an informed consent was obtained from all subjects. The 24-h urine was collected in sterile bottles with a preservative agent and calcium, oxalate, citrate, uric acid, magnesium and phosphate were tested using commercial kits on a Roche Hitachi 912 chemistry analyzer. The age (mean ± SD) of 96 patients was 56.45 ± 13.43 years and 82.3% of the patients were male while 17.7% were female. The 24-h urine abnormalities were hypercalciuria (14.5%), hyperoxaluria (61.4%), hypocitraturia (57.2%), hyperuricouria (19.7%), hypomagnesuria (59.3%) and hyperphosphaturia (12.5%). Hyperoxaluria (61.4%) was the most common abnormality detected during the analysis of 24-h urine constituents in contradiction to industrial countries, where hypercalciuria was the most common finding. The high frequencies of hypomagnesuria and hypocitraturia reflect the important role of magnesium and citrate in stone formation and their prophylactic role in the treatment of urinary stone disease in the given population.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi/epidemiology; Urinary Calculi/urine*
The effect of control and self-medication of chronic gout in a developing country. Outcome after 10 years

Darmawan J, Rasker JJ, Nuralim H

J Rheumatol, 2003 Nov;30(11):2437-43.
PMID: 14677190

OBJECTIVE: We describe a 10 year observation of the effect of control of hyperuricemia compared with self-medication alone in patients with chronic gout.
METHODS: We studied 299 consecutively self-referred Malayo-Polynesian men with chronic gout, mean age 35 +/- 14.3 SD years. Subjects comprised 228 cases with chronic gout without tophi or urolithiasis (Group 1) and 71 with those complications (Group 2). Attacks of acute gouty arthritis were treated with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID) and/or corticosteroids. After acute arthritis had settled, urate-lowering drugs were instituted in both groups combined with low dose colchicine and/or low dose NSAID for at least 0.5-2 years. Urate levels were maintained longterm at a mean of < 5 mg/dl. After 10 years, the dropouts were traced and evaluated for comparison with baseline and those who remained in the study. In Group 2 the urate-lowering drugs were continued.
RESULTS: Control of gout and hyperuricemia was achieved in all patients who remained under control: 91.6% of the 299 patients for at least 2 years (short-term), up to 5 years in 87.5% (medium term), and up to 10 years in 79.6% (longterm). In Group 1 (chronic gout without complication) only 36.8% had no attacks during 8 years, after they had tapered urate-lowering drug after the first 2 years of the study. In the 61 dropouts the intermittent symptomatic treatment and/or self-medication without longterm control of hyperuricemia resulted after 1 decade in chronic gout with more complications and associated conditions leading to increased morbidity, disability, and comorbidity, and 3 early mortalities.
CONCLUSION: By controlling hyperuricemia, improvement of the prognosis of chronic gout, comorbidity, and early death was achieved compared with self-medication alone. Self-medication in a developing country if continued unchecked may become a public health problem in a population with a high prevalence rate of gout.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi/etiology*
Fulltext Urinary bladder rupture secondary to obstructive urolithiasis in a Jamnapari goat

Tan, Y.K., Hiew, M.W.H., Radzi, R., Khairuddin, N.H.

Jurnal Veterinar Malaysia, 2017;29(2):20-24.
MyJurnal

This report describes the complications of obstructive urolithiasis in the lower urinary tract causing urinary bladder rupture in a Jamnapari buck. A 3-year-old Jamnapari buck was presented with the complaint of stranguria, subsequent anuria and a progressively distended abdomen for the past three days. Upon physical examination, body temperature, pulse rate and respiration rate were increased. Uroliths could be felt within the urethra in the ventral abdomen region. A urolith was removed via amputationof the urethral process, but the patency of the urethra could not be established. Transabdominal ultrasound revealed anechoic areas around the bladder, and the bladder was relatively small for a urinary obstructed goat. The bladder wall was thickened and shadow of sludge was observed within the bladder. Abdominocentesis was done and fluid analysis revealed that it was a haemorrhagic effusion. Blood results revealed renal disease, liver disease, muscle injury and haemoconcentration. Retrograde cystourethrogram revealed no urolithswithinthe urethra but there was leakage of the contrast agent from the bladder into the peritoneal cavity. The final diagnosis was complete blockage of the lower urinary tract leading to bladder rupture. Exploratory laparotomy was done and emergency cystorraphy was planned. Due to the poor condition of the urinary bladder with presence of septic peritonitis, the goat was euthanised.

Matched MeSH terms: Urinary Calculi

Filters

Please provide feedback to Administrator (afdal@afpm.org.my)

External Links