Get to the heart of kidney stones

This simple quiz will help you know how well informed you are about kidney stones and how they afflict human beings. Each right answer fetches you 10 points. Excellent, if your score is 80 and above, good if it is between 60 and 80, average if it is 40 and 60, and bad if the points earned are below 40. Get ready to take the test.

1) What are urinary stones (calculi)?
a) Stones in the kidneys.
b) Stones in the ureter.
c) Stones in the urinary bladder.
d) All the above.
e) None of the above.

2) Kidney stones which do not cause any symptoms / complications need not be treated.
a) True b) False

3) What is the commonest presentation of ureteric stones.
a) Severe colicky pain.
b) Severe colicky pain associated with vomiting.
c) None of the above.
4) A patient can have stones without him or her having any symptoms.
a) True b) False

5) What is the first investigation commonly done to detect urinary calculi?
a) X-ray KUB.
b) CT Scan KUB.
c) Ultrasound KUB.

6) What is the method of treatment for kidney stones without surgery?
a) PCNL.
b) Laparoscopy.
c) Pyelolithotomy.
c) ESWL.

7) Which stones can be treated with medical management?
a) Stones up to 1cm.
b) Stones more than 1cm.
c) Stones less than 7mm.

8) What are the complications of renal calculi?
a) Urinary tract infection.
b) Renal failure.
c) Both the above.
d) None of the above.

9) Renal stones are commonly formed by
a) Phosphorous
b) Oxalate
c) Calcium

10) Which type of urinary stone needs immediate treatment?
a) Stone in the urinary bladder.
b) Stone in the kidney.
c) Stone in the ureter.

The writer is Consultant Urologist and Andrologist
Apollo Hospitals Secunderabad

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