URETEROLITHIASIS

Course overview

URETEROLITHIASIS IS A PAINFUL CONDITION THAT AFFECTS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS EACH YEAR. TO AVOID THE HIGH MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONDITION, IT MUST BE PROMPTLY DIAGNOSED AND TREATED. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF URETEROLITHIASIS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION. THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE ETIOLOGY, THE TYPICAL HISTORY AND PHYSICAL OF, EVALUATION, MANAGEMENT, TREATMENT, OF NEPHROLITHIASIS.