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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Investigations: full blood ... microscopy / urinary ... screen, including blood ... cardiac imaging #Acute
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
• 1ml blood/liter ... sediment Microscopic ... sediment by microscopy ... Diagnosis #causes #urology ... #blood
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
repeat testing • Acute ... WBCs, or urine ... and referral to Urology ... Algorithm #Workup #urology ... #blood #urine
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Blood (hemoglobin ... Microscopic exam ... • Red blood cells ... Acute Kidney Injury ... Acute Tubular Necrosis
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... casts are seen in acute ... disease Red blood ... Glomerulonephritis White blood ... #Differential #Microscopy
Acute Dacryocystitis- A 4-week-old boy was brought to the emergency department after having drainage from both
Acute Dacryocystitis ... a diagnosis of acute ... Cultures of urine ... , blood, and cerebrospinal ... #NEJM #clinical
Acute Rheumatic Fever with Erythema Marginatum - Painless, nonpruritic, red annular macules appeared on the upper
Acute Rheumatic ... upper limbs and abdomen ... ErythemaMarginatum #Microscopy ... #NEJM
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
polarized light microscopy ... Screening Tests for Acute ... Polyarthritis: • Blood ... : • Complete blood ... • Serum and urine
Colovesical Fistula on Cystoscopy
A 72-year-old woman presented to the urology clinic with a 2-week history of
presented to the urology ... passing gas in her urine ... been treated for acute ... examination, her abdomen ... bacteria, and a urine
Uremic Frost in End-Stage Renal Disease- A 39-year-old man with end-stage renal disease presented to the
continued to have urine ... face (Panel A), abdomen ... studies showed a blood ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #renal #urology