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A New Factor in Urolithiasis: Long‐term Effects of Severe Respiratory Poliomyelitis
Author(s) -
POOLEWILSON P. A.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1973.tb12168.x
Subject(s) - poliomyelitis , medicine , urinary system , incidence (geometry) , intermittent positive pressure ventilation , respirator , respiratory system , respiratory tract , gastroenterology , urology , pediatrics , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , optics
Summary 25 (41%) patients, in a review of 61 patients with severe respiratory poliomyelitis, developed urolithiasis. There was a significantly increased incidence of stone formation in the urinary tract amongst those using the tank respirator when compared with those on intermittent positive pressure ventilation (I.P.P.V.). It is suggested that overventilation of patients on I.P.P.V. protects against urolithiasis by a direct action on calcium metabolism. No correlation existed between the occurrence of urolithiasis and either urinary tract infection or the degree of immobility.