Prevalence of Asymptomatic Renal Stones in Diabetic Population in Tertiary Care Hospital
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Date
2019-09
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Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciences
Abstract
roduction: Renal stone is one of the mostly found kidneydisease. It is estimated that 1% to 15% of people are having alifetime risk of having a kidney stone. It has been reported thathighest prevalence is seen in northern Thailand, Turkey andGreece (16.9%, 14.8% and 15.2% respectively. As the diseasemostly affects the productive age group i.e, 20-60 years ofpeople, there is a great indirect economic burden of thisdisease in the form of loss of working days.Methodology: Two groups were included in this study, one isdiabetic & another one is non-diabetic. This study wasconducted in the Department Of Medicine, C. U. Shah MedicalCollege, Gujarat, India. The duration of study was over aperiod of one year.Results: Higher prevalence of asymptomatic renal stones indiabetic population (8.90%) was seen as compare to nondiabetic group (2.30%).Conclusion: The findings of this study revealed that higherprevalence of asymptomatic renal stone disease exists indiabetic population. Though long term follow up ofasymptomatic renal stone disease is not available yet we havegiven existing evidence that they are not innocuous.
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Renal Stones, Diabetic Population, Non- Diabetic Population
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Pancholi Dilip M., Shah Shyam N, Joshi Ketul. Prevalence of Asymptomatic Renal Stones in Diabetic Population in Tertiary Care Hospital. International Journal of Medical Research Professionals. 2019 Sep; 5(5): 17-19