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Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
- Differential Diagnosis ... Family history, ultrasound ... Sterile pyuria, WBC casts ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Causes of Cystic ... Renal Mass - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Carcinoma - Abscess ... Cystic #RenalMass #Nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Approach to Acute Kidney ... PROBLEM ~80% of AKI cases ... the urine output and ... for WBCs, RBCs, casts ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Differential Diagnosis ... differential, urine dipstick ... osmolarity If cause ... #nephrology #causes
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
Urinary Casts and ... breakdown of cellular casts ... heme-granular casts ... broad - Advanced kidney ... 34t5DgJ #Urinary #Casts
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
- Differential Diagnosis ... (Urinalysis or dipstick ... hematuria: - RBC casts ... → Diagnostic of ... #nephrology #renal
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
physician could assess ... • Urinary casts ... used with normal renal ... Acute Kidney Injury ... leucocyte-esterase #urine #UNa #casts
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... for non-calculus causes ... scan) when an ultrasound ... with surgical access ... #Kidney #stones
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Summary Causes ... Cast formation: ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... #treatment #nephrology
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
Caused by splanchnic ... Bland urine (no casts ... ultrasound ... essential in all cases ... Syndrome #Hepatology #Nephrology