Guidelines
Philippine Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Urolithiasis in Adults
Authors: Sylvia Alip, Daniel Guevarra, Jason Arboleda, Rowena Plumo, Aldrich Ivan Burog, Marie Carmela Lapitan
DOI: 10.65564/pjim.a55741096d
Date of Publication: September 2026
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Authors and Affiliations:
Sylvia Alip, MD,1 Daniel Guevarra, MD,2 Jason Arboleda, MD,3 Rowena Plumo, MD,4 Aldrich Ivan Burog, MD,5 Marie Carmela Lapitan, MD1,6
1 Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine – Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila
2 Section of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Manila-Med Medical Center
3 Department of Emergency, Prehospital, and Disaster Medicine, Ospital ng Makati
4 Department of Family Medicine and Out-patient Services – Veterans Memorial Medical Center
5 Department of Clinical Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila
6 Institute of Clinical Epidemiology, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila
Correspondence:
Marie Carmela M, Lapitan MD, FPUA
mmlapitan@up.edu.ph
Institute of Clinical Epidemiology – National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila
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