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Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Calculus AXR ... to identify non-calculus ... Useful for non-calculus ... #Renal #Kidney ... #stones #calculus
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
Types of Renal Calculi ... >2000 mg/day) Cystine ... amino acids in kidney ... heart failure #Calculi ... #calculus
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
Differential Diagnosis Renal ... or other tumor, Calculi ... - Structural - Cysts ... - Malignancy, Calculi ... Schistomiasis, Malignancy, Calculi
Pyonephrosis with large renal calculus on POCUS
Acute left flank pain with nausea and vomiting. What's the
calculus on POCUS ... calculus. ... #Pyonephrosis #calculus ... #renal #ultrasound ... hydronephrosis #kidney
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... , and Postrenal ... Urinary calculi ... Diagnosis #Acute #Kidney
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Causes of Cystic ... Renal Mass - Differential ... of infection - Renal ... Abscess - Fever and ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
UROLITHIASIS 

80% of stones are composed of calcium oxalate or phosphate. Others include uric acid (9%),
struvite (10%), & cystine ... staghorn or large calculus ... overwhelms the renal ... These mutations cause ... flankpain #PCN #calculus
Peripelvic Cyst on Renal POCUS
60s f admitted with acute pyelonephritis, CT scan reveals no hydronephrosis/stone/abscess, continues
, and left renal ... may be a cause ... occasionally may cause ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... #ultrasound