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Nutritional Management of Calcium Stones

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Calcium-containing stones are the most common type of kidney stones. The historic record documents attempts at dietary intervention for millennia. The prevalence of stone disease is increasing, and diet is often a contributing factor. Nutrition therapy for risk modification is promising, but there are many research gaps due to the complexities of conducting high-quality clinical trials. The American Urological Association (AUA) published guideline statements based on graded evidence and expert opinion in 2014 for medical management of kidney stones, and these statements provide a framework for nutrition therapy. Medical and nutrition therapies provide separate yet synergistic benefit, and a coordinated approach best supports the patient for effective treatment of calcium stone disease and is valuable for preventing recurrence.

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Abbreviations

AHRQ:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

AUA:

American Urological Association

CT:

Computed tomography

DASH:

Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension

NHANES:

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

PRAL:

Potential renal acid load

PTH:

Parathyroid hormone

RCT:

Randomized controlled trial

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    Donna E. Gjesvold

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    Haewook Han

  2. Division of Nephrology, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, USA

    Walter P. Mutter

  3. Department of Nephrology, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Boston, MA, USA

    Samer Nasser

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Gjesvold, D.E. (2019). Nutritional Management of Calcium Stones. In: Han, H., Mutter, W., Nasser, S. (eds) Nutritional and Medical Management of Kidney Stones. Nutrition and Health. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15534-6_8

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