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Calcium Oxalate Crystals on Urine Microscopy

Dr. Telma Lemos @TELMALEMOS10

#Calcium #Oxalate #CaOx #Crystals #Cystalluria #Urine #Microscopy #clinical
Calcium Oxalate Crystals ... on Urine Microscopy ... Dr. ... #Cystalluria #Urine ... #nephrology #toxicology
Sulfa Crystals on Urine Microscopy
Sulfa Crystal!  Drug-induced crystalluria is a cause of acute renal failure
Urine Microscopy ... cause of acute renal ... Especially sulfonamides are ... #Urine #Microscopy ... crystalluria #clinical #nephrology
Calcium Oxalate Crystals on Urine Microscopy

Dr. Telma Lemos @TELMALEMOS10

#Calcium #Oxalate #CaOx #Crystals #Cystalluria #Urine #Microscopy #clinical
Calcium Oxalate Crystals ... on Urine Microscopy ... Dr. ... #Cystalluria #Urine ... #nephrology #toxicology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... - Urinalysis/microscopy ... UOP/weights - Urine ... ATN - 45% - Pre-renal ... mostly ATN and pre-renal
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... broad - Advanced kidney ... tubulointerstitial nephritis, renal ... #Differential #Microscopy ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Approach to Acute Kidney ... require urgent nephrology ... IMPROVEMENT If the urine ... Assess UA w/ microscopy ... , RBCs, casts, crystals
Horseshoe Kidney on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

When kept as a Talisman, a horseshoe is said
Horseshoe Kidney ... it brings good urine ... output Dr. ... #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #clinical #nephrology
Gitelman Syndrome - Diagnosis and Workup
Blood Work:
 - Hypokalemia
 - Hypomagnesemia
 - Metabolic Alkalosis
 - Elevated
Elevated Renin Urine ... autosomal dominant kidney ... Ultrasound - No ... mutations in SLC12A3 Dr ... Diagnosis #Workup #nephrology
Nephrolithiasis with Hydronephrosis on POCUS

This patient had a fever to 102F.  There’s a proximal ureteral
Hydronephrosis on POCUS ... Hydronephrosis #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #kidney #renal ... #urology