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Potassium citrate vs no intervention

Proportion of participants who developed a new urinary stone · children with idiopathic urinary calculi treated with shockwave lithotripsy

Potassium citrate may leads to lower proportion of participants who developed a new urinary stone compared with no intervention (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Medical and dietary interventions for preventing recurrent urinary stones in children 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.19 [0.06, 0.6]
1 study · 96 participants
Low

Potassium citrate vs no intervention

Proportion of participants with adverse events while undergoing intervention · children with idiopathic urinary calculi treated with shockwave lithotripsy

It is very uncertain whether potassium citrate changes proportion of participants with adverse events while undergoing… compared with no intervention (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Medical and dietary interventions for preventing recurrent urinary stones in children 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 13 [0.75, 224.53]
1 study · 96 participants
Very low

Potassium citrate vs no intervention

Retreatment · children with idiopathic urinary calculi treated with shockwave lithotripsy

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Medical and dietary interventions for preventing recurrent urinary stones in children 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found