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Sulfa Crystals on Urine Microscopy
Sulfa Crystal!  Drug-induced crystalluria is a cause of acute renal failure
Sulfa Crystals on ... Urine Microscopy ... Sulfa Crystal! ... crystalluria is a cause ... #Urine #Microscopy
Urine Microscopy Crystals
Uric Acid crystals:
 - Formation promoted by acidic urine
 - Seen in tumor lysis
Urine Microscopy ... Crystals Uric Acid ... crystals: - Formation ... promoted by acidic urine ... #comparison #table
Kidney stone type, corresponding urine sediment, urinary risk factors, and associated clinical settings.
#Diagnosis #Nephrology #Urine #Microscopy
corresponding urine ... Diagnosis #Nephrology #Urine ... Kidney #Stones #Crystals ... Composition #Shapes #Table
Primary Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Volume Depleted - 2° hyperaldosteronism
 • Low Urine Cl-: Vomiting,
hyperaldosteronism • Low Urine ... Cl-: Vomiting, ... (late) • High Urine ... Cl-: Diuretics, ... Algorithm #Nephrology #Causes
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
Atlas of Urine Microscopy ... also be seen if urine ... tubular injury • Crystals ... - Some crystals ... contamination #Urine
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
are caused by prerenal ... IMPROVEMENT If the urine ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... , crystals, protein ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Chloride Algorithm Cl ... Kidney loss of Cl ... alkalosis • Loss of Cl ... Cystic fibrosis Cl ... the indicated causes
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup ... WBCs, or urine ... proteinuria, RBC casts ... Nephrology if cause ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Workup
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Urinalysis & Urine ... Microscopic exam • Crystals ... • Urinary casts ... #Urinalysis #crystals ... #UNa #casts #glucosuria
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... dipstick, urine ... osmolarity If cause ... #Injury #AKI #Workup ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes