Urolithiasis in flight personnel
Garilevich, B.A.; Olefir, I.V.
Aviakosmicheskaia i Ekologicheskaia Meditsina 36(2): 49-53
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0233-528X PMID: 12098953 Document Number: 547883
Our investigations shed the light on some clinical peculiarities of urolithiasis in flight personnel including development of the disease at young age, dependence of the risk of renal stones on length of flight career, prevalence of small increments in calices, asymptomatic course, comparatively more frequent uratate urolithiasis, and more rapid recurrence of the disease. The clinical profile of urolithiasis in flyers can be related with the morphofunctional state of kidneys as a result of stresses of the flight labour. There is necessity to search for and introduce modern scientific approaches to prevention and effective technologies of urolithiasis treatment in flight personnel.