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Algorithm for diagnostic evaluation of patients with kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease

#polycystic #kidney #disease #cysts
Algorithm for diagnostic ... evaluation of patients ... with kidney cysts ... #disease #cysts ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute Kidney ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute Kidney Injury ... Epithelial cell casts ... Obstruction • Cast
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... RBC’s, RBC/WBC casts ... Diagnosis #EM #IM #Urology ... #Differential #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic Kidney ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Decreased kidney ... Sterile pyuria, WBC casts ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... contrast - Simple Cysts ... , No cysts in other ... Multiple bilateral cysts ... , Cysts in other
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
and Diagnosis Algorithm ... proteinuria, RBC casts ... and referral to Urology ... Hematuria #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Workup #urology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Approach to Acute Kidney ... urgent nephrology evaluation ... PROBLEM ~80% of AKI cases ... for WBCs, RBCs, casts
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
- Structural - Cysts ... Medullary sponge kidney ... Diagnosis #Causes #urology
Autosomal dominant PCKD with liver involvement on Renal Ultrasound
Multiple anechoic cysts seen in the kidney and
Multiple anechoic cysts ... seen in the kidney ... liver has less cysts ... ADPCKD #Renal #kidney ... disease #Ultrasound #POCUS
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
No structural kidney ... Bland urine (no casts ... • Normal kidney ... liver transplant evaluation ... essential in all cases