Kidney Stone Quiz: Pain & Prevention

1. Which of the following is the most common type of kidney stone?

Calcium oxalate

Uric acid

Struvite

Cystine

2. What is the primary mechanism by which dehydration increases kidney stone risk?

Increases urinary pH

Increases solute concentration in urine

Decreases glomerular filtration rate

Promotes bacterial infection

3. Which electrolyte imbalance most directly contributes to calcium stone formation?

Hypercalcemia

Hyperkalemia

Hyponatremia

Hypophosphatemia

4. A 35-year-old male presents with acute flank pain radiating to the groin. Which imaging modality is the gold standard for diagnosing kidney stones?

Abdominal X-ray

Ultrasound

Non-contrast CT (NCCT)

MRI

5. Which condition is associated with increased risk of uric acid kidney stones?

Hyperparathyroidism

Gout

Hypercalciuria

Renal tubular acidosis type 1

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7. Which of the following medications increases urinary citrate and helps prevent stone recurrence?

Furosemide

Potassium citrate

Acetazolamide

Hydrochlorothiazide

8. Struvite stones are primarily associated with which type of urinary tract infection?

E. coli infection

Proteus mirabilis infection

Enterococcus infection

Pseudomonas infection

9. True or False: A single episode of kidney stone formation means lifelong recurrence is inevitable.

True

False

10. Which of the following dietary factors should be REDUCED to minimize kidney stone risk?

Sodium intake

Protein intake

Oxalate-rich foods

All of the above

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12. Which genetic disorder predisposes patients to cystine kidney stones?

Cystinosis

Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency

Familial hypomagnesemia with hypercalciuria

Primary hyperparathyroidism

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14. Which urinalysis finding is most suggestive of a uric acid stone?

Acidic urine with uric acid crystals

Alkaline urine with struvite crystals

Neutral urine with calcium oxalate crystals

Acidic urine with cystine crystals

15. True or False: Increasing dietary calcium intake increases the risk of kidney stone formation.

True

False

Kidney Stone Quiz: Pain & Prevention

1. Which of the following is the most common type of kidney stone?

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2. What is the primary mechanism by which dehydration increases kidney stone risk?

3. Which electrolyte imbalance most directly contributes to calcium stone formation?

4. A 35-year-old male presents with acute flank pain radiating to the groin. Which imaging modality is the gold standard for diagnosing kidney stones?

5. Which condition is associated with increased risk of uric acid kidney stones?

6. The most effective dietary modification for preventing calcium oxalate stones is to ____.

7. Which of the following medications increases urinary citrate and helps prevent stone recurrence?

8. Struvite stones are primarily associated with which type of urinary tract infection?

9. True or False: A single episode of kidney stone formation means lifelong recurrence is inevitable.

10. Which of the following dietary factors should be REDUCED to minimize kidney stone risk?

11. Nephrolithiasis caused by ____ stones typically requires aggressive surgical intervention due to infection risk.

12. Which genetic disorder predisposes patients to cystine kidney stones?

13. The pain of acute kidney stone typically radiates from the flank to the ____ region.

14. Which urinalysis finding is most suggestive of a uric acid stone?

15. True or False: Increasing dietary calcium intake increases the risk of kidney stone formation.