Do you know how to treat kidney stones? Do you think you can pass this quiz? Kidney stones can be treated in two significant ways. One of them is taking pain medication and drinking lots of water. The other entails a surgical procedure to break up the stones so that they can be passed out with ease. Taking this quiz will help you see how much you know about treating kidney stones.
Calcium oxalate
Uric acid
Struvite
Cystine
Calcium phosphate
Cystine stones are radiolucent
Higher risk for the kidney
Cystine stones are too brittle
Cystine stones are too tough
Ureteral stricture
Bleeding, requiring transfusion
Ureteral injury
Loss of renal function
Ureteral stricture
Bleeding, requiring transfusion
Ureteral injury
Loss of renal function
Flomax (alpha-blocker)
Ditropan (anticholinergic)
Nifedipine (calcium channel blocker)
Oxycodone (opioid analgesic)
Prednisone (steriod)
Cancel ESWL, but place stent
Antibiotic therapy alone
Proceed with ESWL procedure
Switch to ureteroscopy and stent placement
Cancel ESWL, but place stent
Antibiotic therapy alone
Proceed with ESWL procedure
Switch to ureteroscopy and stent placement
Autonomous robot
Artificial intellegence
Slave-master system
Augmented reality
None of the above
United States
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Japan
Laparoscopic ureterolithotomy
Shockwave lithotrispy
Ureteroscopy
Percutaneous antergrade ureteroscopy
All of the above