Kidney Stones – recurrent
Adult

Nephrology

Useful Management Information

Generally, patients with systemic illness, renal tubular dysfunction or metabolic involvement would require referral to nephrology rather than urology where possible.

  • Refer to Healthpathways or local guidelines

Patient resources

Minimum Referral Criteria

Does your patient meet the minimum referral criteria?
Category 1 (appointment within 30 calendar days)
  • No Category 1 criteria
Category 2 (appointment within 90 calendar days)
  • No Category 2 criteria
Category 3 (appointment within 365 calendar days)
  • Recurrent nephrolithiasis with any of the following:
    • urinary metabolic assessment is needed
    • tubular dysfunction is evident
    • systemic disease with associated stone formation is evident

Essential Referral Information

  • Detailed history of nephrolithiasis episodes
  • FBC, ELFT, urea, creatinine, eGFR, calcium, magnesium & phosphate results
  • Ultrasound (kidney, ureters & bladder) or CT results
  • Urine microscopy for evaluation of urinary sediment and urine albumin creatinine ratio

Additional Referral Information

  • Family history of chronic kidney disease and/or calculi
  • BP
  • Record of previous urinalysis and urine biochemistry if available
  • Record of any previous calculus biochemistry if available
  • Stone analysis
Last updated 23 February 2023

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Internal Referrals

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(07) 5687 4497

Post

Booking and Referral Centre
Gold Coast University Hospital
1 Hospital Boulevard
Southport QLD 4215

Enquiries

1300 559 083

Related HealthPathways

No directly related pathways found

Service Availability

Dr Jagadeesh Kurtkoti
Medical Director Nephrology/Renal Medicine

Facilities

Gold Coast University Hospital

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