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Kidney stone type, corresponding urine sediment, urinary risk factors, and associated clinical settings.
#Diagnosis #Nephrology #Urine #Microscopy
Kidney stone type ... Microscopy #Urinary #Kidney ... #Stones #Crystals ... Composition #Shapes #Table
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
• Try retrieve stone ... strainer: send for stone ... ELECTIVE: - Stone ... Stent: < 2 cm stone ... URS: Ureteric stone
Medications for Recurrent Calcium Oxalate (CaOx) Stones
HYPERCALCIURIA
 • Thiazides: HCT, Indapamide, Chlorthalidone
 • Consider after first
Oxalate (CaOx) Stones ... Consider after first stone ... - Single kidney ... - Large stone ... risk in CaPO4 stones
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
calcium-containing stones ... X-rays useful tor stone ... obstruction - Able ... Combines calcific stone ... Calculi #Renal #Kidney
Common Radiation Patterns of Abdominal Pain
 • Hepatic and biliary pathology - R shoulder
 • Pancreatitis,
Nephrolithiasis (kidney ... stones) - Groin ... Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... - Strong Medicine
Proximal Ureteral Stone on POCUS
Acute flank pain.
2 cm obstructing stone in proximal ureter. Can't just managed
Proximal Ureteral Stone ... cm obstructing stone ... EmergOmBur #Ureteral #Stone ... #POCUS #renal #kidney
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Common Patterns on Urinalysis
 - Prerenal
 - ATN
 - AIN
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Acute Kidney Injury ... Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... - Strong Medicine ... Urinalysis #diagnosis #table
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... Cellular debris • Kidney ... stone • Tumor ... LouLectures #Acute #Kidney
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
causing Acute Kidney ... urinary sphincter tone ... Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... - Strong Medicine ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney
Complex Hydronephrosis on Renal POCUS

Look beyond the RUSH exam - normal echo/flat IVC/no abd FF/no AAA....
AAA.... but left kidney ... Infected stone.