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Causes of Abnormal Urine Colors - Differential Diagnosis
Blue-Green - Yellow - Orange - Pink - Red
Causes of Abnormal Urine ... Colors - Differential ... - Pink - Red - Brown ... White - Purple #Urine ... #color #differential
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion
Alcoholic ketoacidosis - Methanol - Ethylene glycol - Isopropyl Alcohol
 • Metabolic Acidosis
 •
Gap • Serum / Urine ... Reduced vision • Altered ... Ingestion #diagnosis #toxicology
Possible Causes of Altered Urine Color 

Red 
    Foods: beets, blackberries, rhubarb
Possible Causes of Altered ... Urine Color ... Question 5) Brown ... ochronosis) #Altered ... Discoloration #Differential
What the Color of Urine Can Tell You - Differential Diagnosis by Urine Color
Clear: excess water
Pale
What the Color of Urine ... Can Tell You - Differential ... Diagnosis by Urine ... phenazopyridine Brown ... #color #differential
Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Red Urine:
 • Medical conditions: bleeding, porphyria, factitious disorder
 • Meds: rifampin,
Urine Color - Differential ... Diagnosis Red Urine ... vitamin B complex Brown ... /Black Urine: • ... #Color #Differential
Causes Abnormal Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Turbid White Urine (Albinuria):
 • Chyluria, Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, Malignancy, Phosphaturia,
Causes Abnormal Urine ... Color - Differential ... Diagnosis Turbid White Urine ... Beets, Carrots Brown ... discoloration #Differential
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Patient is hot and altered ... loss, Dizziness, Altered ... Resuscitation 2) Urine ... Aspirin #Toxicity #Toxicology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... Hematuria: Red/Dark urine ... 1ml blood/liter urine ... Dysmorphic RBC - Brown ... #Hematuria #Differential
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... cellular casts "Muddy-brown ... Urinary #Casts #Differential
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
younger pts) Differential ... passage of red-brown ... urine • Diagnostic