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Monthly Variations of Urinary Stone Colic in Iran and its relationship to the Fasting Month of Ramadan

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Title: Monthly Variations of Urinary Stone Colic in Iran and its relationship to the Fasting Month of Ramadan

Authors: A.Basiri , S. M. M. H. Moghaddam , R. Khoddam , S. T. Nejad , A. Hakimi 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2004

Volume: 54

Issue: 1

Language: English

Categories
Urinary Stones (2) Ramadan (13) Epidemiology (17864) Nephrology (4362) Urology (4284)

Abstract

Abstract


Objective: To compare the prevalence of Renal Colic (RC) in Ramadan (the month of fasting for Moslems) with other months of the lunar year.Materials and Methods: Records of 574 subjects, who were admitted in the two medical centers of Varamin (a city in a hot region of Iran), were reviewed in order to estimate the time trend of RC. Results: This study included 398 males (69.3%) and 176 females (30.7%). Twenty-seven males (62.8%) and 16 females (37.2%) were admitted in Ramadan; and 371 males (69.9%) and 160 females (30.1%) in other months (p

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