Kidney Stone Diagnosis Guideline. It aims to improve the detection clearance and prevention of stones so reducing pain and anxiety and improving quality of life. Asymptomatic kidney stones should be followed with serial imaging and should be removed in case of growth symptoms urinary obstruction recurrent infections or lack of access to health care.
Part 1 recognizing signs and symptoms. The purpose of this guideline is to provide a clinical framework for the diagnosis prevention and follow up of adult patients with kidney stones based on the best available published literature. As an adjunct to observation patients may also be offered medical expulsive therapy with daily a blockers to facilitate stone passage and decrease renal colic episodes.
An option for the management of newly diagnosed ureteric stones 10 mm is observation with periodic evaluation grade a.
This guideline covers assessing and managing renal and ureteric stones. Asymptomatic kidney stones should be followed with serial imaging and should be removed in case of growth symptoms urinary obstruction recurrent infections or lack of access to health care. If you do in fact have an obstruction caused by a kidney stone you will need to receive treatment for this most likely in the hospital setting. As an adjunct to observation patients may also be offered medical expulsive therapy with daily a blockers to facilitate stone passage and decrease renal colic episodes.