Internal Medicine: UTI and Renal Lithiasis

Internal Medicine: UTI and Renal Lithiasis — Expert Reference

How it begins

Revisión exhaustiva de la patología infecciosa e litiásica del tracto urinario: desde la fisiopatología molecular hasta los algoritmos diagnóstico-terapéuticos actuales, con énfasis en microbiología clínica, resistencias antimicrobianas y estudio metabólico de la litiasis.

What it covers

1. Epidemiology and Classification of UTIs
2. · Epidemiology by Population Groups
3. · Clinical and Topographic Classification
4. Pathogenesis, Microbiology and Virulence Factors
5. · Routes of Infection
6. · Microbiology: Etiological Agents
7. · 2.1 Virulence Factors of Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC)
8. · 2.2 Host Defenses
9. Clinical UTI Syndromes
10. · 3.1 Acute Uncomplicated Cystitis
11. · 3.2 Uncomplicated Acute Pyelonephritis
12. · 3.3 Complicated UTI
13. · 3.4 Recurrent UTI
14. Diagnosis of UTIs
15. · 4.1 Urinalysis and Urine Culture
16. · 4.2 Diagnostic Criteria for Infection
17. Antibiotic Treatment of UTIs
18. · 5.1 Acute Uncomplicated Cystitis
19. · 5.2 Acute Pyelonephritis
20. · 5.3 Urosepsis: Emergency Management
21. · 5.4 Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Prevention Strategies
22. UTI in Special Populations
23. · 6.1 UTI in Pregnancy
24. · 6.2 UTI in Men and Prostatitis
25. · 6.3 Catheter-Associated UTI (CA-UTI)
26. · 6.4 Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in the Elderly and Nursing Homes
27. Antimicrobial Resistance in Uropathogens
28. · ESBL: Extended Spectrum β-Lactamases
29. · New Antibiotics for Multiresistant Urinary Infections
30. Epidemiology and Composition of Stones
31. Pathophysiology of Kidney Stone Formation
32. · 9.1 Supersaturation, Nucleation and Growth
33. · 9.2 Physiological Crystallization Inhibitors
34. Types of Kidney Stones: Pathophysiology and Clinic
35. · 10.1 Calcium Oxalate and Phosphate Calculations (70% of the total)
36. · 10.2 Uric Acid Calculations
37. · 10.3 Struvite (Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate) Calculations
38. · 10.4 Cystine Calculations
39. Clinic: Nephritic Colic
40. · Characteristics of Pain
41. · Calculus Location and Symptoms
42. · Differential Diagnosis of Nephritic Colic
43. Diagnosis by Imaging of Renal Lithiasis
44. Treatment of Acute Episode of Nephritic Colic
45. · 13.1 Analgesia for Nephritic Colic
46. · Medical Expulsive Therapy (MET)
47. · 13.2 Indications for Urgent Treatment
48. Interventional Treatment of Renal Lithiasis
49. · 14.1 Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL / ESWL)
50. · 14.2 Ureteroscopy with Intracorporeal Lithotripsy (URS/fURS)
51. · 14.3 Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL)
52. Metabolic Study and Metaphylaxis of Lithiasis
53. · Complete Metabolic Study Indications
54. · General Measurements (All Types)
55. · 15.1 Treatment of Hypercalciuria
56. · 15.2 Treatment of Hyperoxaluria
57. · 15.3 Treatment of Hyperuricosuria and Uric Acid Stones
58. · 15.4 Hypocitraturia: The Most Frequent Cause
59. Systemic Diseases Associated with Renal Lithiasis
60. Glossary of Essential Terms
61. Select Reference Bibliography
62. · Fundamental Texts
63. · Clinical Guidelines
64. · Key Articles