Ramadan fasting and rates of admissions for renal colic due to urolithiasis: a retrospective case-control study.
Ghalib LidawiMuhammad MajdoubMohsin AsaliYoav AvidorRonen RubPublished in: The Journal of international medical research (2024)
There was no correlation between increased RC admissions or urgent DJS insertions when fasting Muslims were compared with non-fasting non-Muslim patients during Ramadan. There were increased RC admissions during the post-Ramadan month, which might indicate a delayed effect of fasting on RC.