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Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
renal stones ... retroperitoneal disease ... renal stones IVP ... #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 ... stones #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Kidney Disease ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Family history, ultrasound ... cystic disease ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology #Differential
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Causes of Cystic ... Renal Mass - Differential ... Disease • ... of infection - Renal ... Abscess - Fever and
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
- Differential ... Diagnosis Renal: ... - Structural - Cysts ... Medullary sponge kidney ... necrosis, Sickle cell disease
Autosomal dominant PCKD with liver involvement on Renal Ultrasound
Multiple anechoic cysts seen in the kidney and
seen in the kidney ... and the liver. ... Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM ... #kidney #cystic ... #disease #Ultrasound
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... , and Postrenal ... • Inflammatory disease ... Urinary calculi ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Intestine - Other causes ... Intestine • Kidney ... Pruritis History and ... Pregnancy - Renal ... duct stricture/Stones
Renal Abscess on POCUS
Left flank pain. On ABX Day 5 for pyelo. She has hx of
stones and now ... Differential would ... cyst, renal cell ... #kidney #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Metabolic Causes of Kidney Stones in Children
 • Calcium Oxalate: Primary Hyperoxaluria type 1-3, Secondary Hyperoxaluria
of Kidney Stones ... Hyperoxaluria • Cystine ... Syndrome), Dent's disease ... #Kidney #Stones ... pediatrics #nephrology #differential