A STUDY TO CORRELATE URINARY OUTPUT AND TOTAL ORGANIC ACIDS OF URINE IN CALCIUM OXALATE RENAL STONE FORMERS AND CONTROLS

Abstract

The objective of current study is to evaluate the urinary output and total organic acids in the urine of calcium oxalate stone formers and compare it with that of non stone formers i.e. controls, to investigate whether the difference between the two properties in two groups really exists or not. Further, correlation between the two properties is also evaluated. The study was conducted on 50 patients divided into two groups- Group I consist of 25 idiopathic patients having calcium oxalate renal stone i.e. stone formers (SF) and Group II consists of 25 controls i.e. non stone formers (NSF) having no clinical evidence of renal stones. Each patient and control was asked to collect a 24-hour urine, which was kept unrefrigerated, using thymol as preservative. It was concluded from the studies that urinary output and total organic acids can be used as a tool to separate a SF from NSF. There was no correlation between the properties studied.