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Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... causes of flank ... causes of obstruction ... with surgical access ... #Renal #Kidney
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... , and Postrenal ... Urinary calculi ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Nephrology
Urothelial Thickening on Renal POCUS
Teenager (female) with flank pain and fever.  POCUS to evaluate for
on Renal POCUS ... Findings/diagnosis ... infarction/abscess ... Labeled Schematic ... clinical #ultrasound
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
Pyonephrosis with large renal calculus on POCUS
Acute left flank pain with nausea and vomiting. What's the
flank pain with nausea ... and vomiting. ... What's the diagnosis ... #renal #ultrasound ... hydronephrosis #kidney
Peripelvic Cyst on Renal POCUS
60s f admitted with acute pyelonephritis, CT scan reveals no hydronephrosis/stone/abscess, continues
LFTs normal Diagnosed ... , and left renal ... cysts may be a cause ... occasionally may cause ... #clinical #ultrasound
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Crisis: 1) Acute kidney ... injury, arteriolar thickening ... • Refractory cases ... #rheumatology #nephrology ... #diagnosis #management
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
Caused by splanchnic ... ultrasound ... Exclude other AKI causes ... Syndrome #Hepatology #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis