Pearle, Nakada Practical Controversies in Medical Management of Stone Disease

• Provides evidence-based recommendations for effective drug therapies for stone prevention
• Written entirely by experts in their field?
• Is of great value to a diverse audience, including urologists, nephrologists, primary care physicians, and dieticians

Practical Controversies in Medical Management of Stone Disease addresses areas of controversy regarding the evaluation and management of recurrent stone formers and provides the best available evidence to support or refute common drug and dietary recommendations. Aimed at dispelling common myths about preventative stone treatment, this book provides practical recommendations for the diagnositic evaluation and treatment and recurrent calcium stone formers, but addresses uric acid and cystine stone formers.

Written by experts in stone disease, Practical Controversies in Medical Management of Stone Disease is a concise yet comprehensive resource that provides the best, current evidence supporting medical practices regarding kidney stone prevention. The book will be of value to anyone involved in the medical care of patients with kidney stones, including urologists, nephrologists, primary care physicians, and dieticians.