Can serum procalcitonin levels be useful in predicting spontaneous ureteral stone passage?

• Published in: BMC urology Vol. 20; no. 1; p. 42
• Main Authors: Cilesiz, Nusret Can, Ozkan, Arif, Kalkanli, Arif, Eroglu, Ali, Gezmis, Cem Tuğrul, Simsek, Berkan, Arslan, Burak
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 19.04.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Amino acids; Analysis; Blood; C-reactive protein; Chronic illnesses; Diclofenac; Female; Fluid intake; Humans; Inflammation; Leucocyturia; Localization; Lymphocytes; Male; Medical expulsive therapy; Medical imaging; Medical research; Middle Aged; Mucosa; Multivariate analysis; Neutrophils; Patients; Predictive Value of Tests; Procalcitonin; Procalcitonin - blood; Prospective Studies; Remission, Spontaneous; Sedimentation; Serum procalcitonin; Spontaneous stone passage; Statistical analysis; Studies; Surgery; Thyroid gland; Ultrasound imaging; Ureter; Ureteral Calculi - blood; Ureteral Calculi - pathology; Ureteral stone; Urinalysis; Urogenital system; Urology; Serum procalcitonin; Ureteral stone; Spontaneous stone passage; Leucocyturia; Medical expulsive therapy

Medical expulsive therapy (MET) is recommended for ureteral stones when there is no indication for interventional treatment. Spontaneous passage (SP) may not always be perceived in patients undergoing MET. We aimed to demonstrate the effects of inflammatory factors on spontaneous ureteral stone pass...