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Calcium

▪ High: Milk, cheese, ice cream, yogurt, sauces containing milk; all beans (except
green beans), lentils; fish with fine bones (e.g., sardines, kippers, herring,
salmon); dried fruits, nuts; cocoa powder, chocolate, cocoa

Oxalate

▪ High: Dark roughage, spinach, rhubarb, asparagus, cabbage, tomatoes, beets,
nuts, celery, parsley, runner beans; chocolate, cocoa, instant coffee, cocoa
powder, tea; Worcestershire sauce

* Uric acid is a waste product from purine in food.

Adapted from Lewis SL, Dirksen SR, Heitkemper MM, Bucher L, Camera IA:
Medical-surgical nursing: assessment and management of clinical problems, ed 8, St. Louis,
2011, Mosby.

FIG. 54-6 Treatment options for ureteral stones. ESWL, Extracorporeal shock wave
lithotripsy.

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