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Kidney Disorders<br />
Kidney Stones:<br />
Kidney Disorders<br />
Calculi: Made of Calcium salts<br />
or uric acid. Precipitate out of the<br />
urine instead of staying in<br />
solution<br />
Calculi:<br />
Formation site: renal pelvis or<br />
bladder<br />
Causes: dehydration, stagnation of<br />
urine, urinary tract infection<br />
Size: variable<br />
Many are impassable so surgery is<br />
required.<br />
Lithotriptor: “stone stone-cracker cracker”