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Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Management of Pediatric Kidney ... : Liver and/or kidney ... alkalinisation: potassium ... SwastiThinks #Kidney ... #Pediatrics #nephrology
Urine Microscopy - Kidney Stones and Crystals 

Uric Acid, Cystine, Hippurate, Cloth Fiber, Tyrosine, CaOx, CaP,
Urine Microscopy - Kidney ... Stones and Crystals ... Identification #Differential ... #Key #Nephrology ... #Sediment #Kidney
Causes of Nephrolithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radio-opaque - Calcium-containing - 90% of stones
Radiolucent - Non-calcium 10%
Nephrolithiasis - Differential ... Uric Acid Stones ... Medullary sponge kidney ... Nephrolithiasis #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... stone • Tumor ... #Injury #AKI #Differential ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... cyclophosphamide) #Acute #Kidney ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Classification ... #Nephrology
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
treated with IV potassium ... differentiating kidney ... diagnosis #Algorithm #differential ... #potassium #nephrology
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
Dizziness - Differential ... Posterior Cords, Prior strokes ... radiculopathy Other: • Psychiatric ... Dizziness #dizzy #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ... ↑ Aldosterone: Kidney ... hypokalemia #urine #potassium ... #differential # ... algorithm #diagnosis #nephrology
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
alkalosis • Kidney ... Cl- outside the kidneys ... of sodium and potassium ... urine #Algorithm #nephrology ... #differential #
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
) - Loss of kidney ... Glomerulonephritis #RPGN #Classification ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Nephrology