ESWL neural model
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Patient Demographics
What is the patient's age?
years
Gender?
male
female
Ethnicity?
African American
Caucasian
Hispanic
Asian
Stone chemical composition
Was the stone calcium?
yes
no
Cystine?
yes
no
Stone location
Was the stone located in the:
Parenchyma?
yes
no
Pelvis?
yes
no
Ureter?
yes
no
Calyx?
yes
no
Lower pole?
yes
no
Was the stone a staghorn?
yes
no
Were there bilateral stones?
yes
no
Laboratory assays
Did the patient have a 24 hour urine assay?
yes
no
Did the patient have hypercalciuria?
yes
no
Did the patient have hyperuricosuria?
yes
no
At the last follow-up, urine culture was:
positive
negative
Follow-up
Did the patient have residual fragments at 3 months?
yes
no
What was the volume (cross-sectional dimension) of fragments at 3 months?
millimeters
What is the time since ESWL?
years
What is the volume of fragments now?
millimeters
Other procedures, retreatment
Did the patient undergo repeat ESWL or other procedures?
yes
no
Medical therapy
Was the patient treated with Allopurinol?
yes
no
Was the patient treated with Thiazides?
yes
no
Anatomy
Did the patient have a calyceal diverticulum?
yes
no
Did the patient have an indwelling urinary catheter (urethral, ureteral, nephrostomy, etc.)?
yes
no
Was the collecting system dilated?
no
moderately
severely
Other stones
Did the patient have previous stone events?
yes
no
If so, how many previous stone events?
If so, were they treated?
yes
no