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Urine Microscopy - Kidney Stones and Crystals 

Uric Acid, Cystine, Hippurate, Cloth Fiber, Tyrosine, CaOx, CaP,
Urine Microscopy ... - Kidney Stones ... Shapes #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Stones #Key #Nephrology ... #Sediment #Kidney
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... microscopy / urinary ... ultrasonography, serum calcium ... investigations depending on clinical ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... Granular - May ... casts are seen in acute ... broad - Advanced kidney ... #Differential #Microscopy
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Kidney Injury (AKI ... AKI) - Acute increase ... Urate crystals • Calcium ... polyangiitis /microscopic ... #Nephrology #Differential
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) ... - Urinalysis/microscopy ... UOP/weights - Urine ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 • Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
Urine Microscopy ... suggestive of acute ... and chronic kidney ... ) • Granular Casts ... #Microscopy #nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... require urgent nephrology ... IMPROVEMENT If the urine ... Assess UA w/ microscopy
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Clarity Dipstick test ... specific gravity test ... Microscopic exam ... Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) FE Na <
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Dermatomyositis Clinical ... + myoglobin AKI ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... potassium and calcium ... causes #treatment #nephrology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
polarized light microscopy ... crystals (gout) or calcium ... for Acute Polyarthritis ... • Serum and urine ... ANA and RF (if clinical