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Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 • Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
Microscopy - Casts Acellular ... degeneration of a cellular ... cast Cellular Casts ... interpretation #diagnosis
Recently TEG has emerged as a more integrative approach which explores both clotting factors and cellular
clotting factors and cellular ... #Diagnosis #Thromboelastography
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
- Differential Diagnosis ... tract system • Cellular ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Serum phosphate level >4.5 mg/dL
 • Spurious hyperphosphatemia
 • True
- Differential Diagnosis ... containing food • Cellular ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
glucose for use in cellular ... anaerobic metabolism Diagnosis ... Toxicity #Toxicology #Diagnosis
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
the breakdown of cellular ... Differential #Microscopy #Diagnosis
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia)
Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
and activating cellular ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Causes of B12 deficiency. 

This great diagram shows normal absorption and outlines most possible causes. At
latter is the cellular ... Differential #Causes #Diagnosis
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... , perivascular cellular ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis
Podocytopathies - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

No podocytopenia - EM shows minimal change disease
 • Minimal Change Nephropathy
Podocytopenia
- Differential Diagnosis ... Variant • FSGS cellular ... #Differential #Diagnosis