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What is the most common cause of renal calculi?
  1. Excess potassium
  2. Excess calcium
  3. Calcium salts
  4. Protein salts
Explanation
Answer - C - The most common cause of renal calculi is calcium salts. Renal calculi or kidney stones are extremely painful and patients have difficulty finding a comfortable position and squirm continuously. Tenderness to percussion at the constovertebral angle is a classic sign of pylonephritis or kidney infection.
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