Kidney Disease Research Updates
Fall 2007

Resources

Featured in the NIDDK Reference Collection

Acute Renal Colic

Acute renal colic is defined as the painful episode that results from a urinary or kidney stone moving through the urinary tract. This chapter on acute renal colic is from the Osler Medical Handbook, which provides the essentials of diagnosis and treatment, as well as the latest in evidence-based medicine, for residents working at the bedside. Essential “Fast Facts” and “Pearls and Pitfalls” are useful to the practicing internist. Four sections, Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management, cover topics such as the terms used for kidney and urinary tract stones; the use of noncontrast helical computed tomography (CT) as the gold standard for diagnosis of stones; the indications for urgent intervention, including acute kidney failure, high-grade obstruction of a single or transplanted kidney, concurrent urinary tract infection (UTI) with obstruction, and intractable symptoms; management of patients who do not meet the criteria for urgent intervention; and elective removal of urinary tract stones. A list of references is included, each labeled with a “strength of evidence” grade to help readers determine the type of research available in that reference source. For more information about the handbook, go to www.catalog.niddk.nih.gov/resources and search for “acute renal colic” in “kidney and urologic diseases.”

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Reference Collection is a free, online database that helps health care professionals, health educators, patients, and the general public find educational materials not typically referenced in most databases. Visit the collection for additional resources about kidney disease.

NIH Publication No. 08–4531
November 2007

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