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Increased Urinary Frequency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-increased urine volume (<2mL/min), Rule out polyuria
Extrinsic to Urinary Tract:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Obstruction: • Benign prostatic ... Prostatitis • Prostate ... Small Volume Bladder ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Lower Urinary Tract Infections: Complications
 - Infection damages the urinary tract epithelium causing fibroblast proliferation and
Lower Urinary Tract ... extends above the bladder ... Bacteria gain access ... urethra travel to prostate ... via prostatic ducts
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
calculi • Prostatic ... bladder tumors ... Glomerulonephritides (GN) • Primary ... Disease process primarily ... Interstitial Nephritis (AIN
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... throughout (upper urinary ... tract), terminal (bladder ... neck, prostatic ... #Differential #Algorithm
Misplaced Foley inflated in the prostatic urethra on bladder pocus

Elderly male with suprapubic pain.  Visiting
urethra on bladder ... pocus Elderly ... Tip can be seen ... though in the urinary ... #pocus #transverse
Misplaced Foley inflated in the prostatic urethra on bladder pocus

Elderly male with suprapubic pain.  Visiting
urethra on bladder ... pocus Elderly ... Tip can be seen ... though in the urinary ... #pocus #sagittal
Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Causes of Urinary ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Upper Tract - Bladder ... • BPH • Prostate ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
interstitial nephritis (AIN ... • Neurogenic bladder ... • Urinary tract ... Medications • Benign prostatic
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
/Cr - Renal/bladder ... pre-renal) - Urinary ... 10% (most often prostate ... Nephrology #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Bladder Air secondary to Colovesical Fistula on POCUS

40's male with fever, low abd pain, cloudy urine/bubbles.
Bladder Air secondary ... Colovesical Fistula on POCUS ... with diverticular abscess ... in bladder ... #Air #POCUS #clinical