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Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Stones Acute Managment ... Surgical Rx: • ACUTE ... , Anuria - PCN ... protein - Low ... #Pediatrics #nephrology
Causes of Nephrolithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radio-opaque - Calcium-containing - 90% of stones
Radiolucent - Non-calcium 10%
Nephrolithiasis - Differential ... solubility: • Low ... Medullary sponge kidney ... Nephrolithiasis #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... stone • Tumor ... #AKI #Differential ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Kidney Injury ( ... Urethral stricture/valves ... #Kidney #Injury ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Stroke Etiologies
Hemorrhagic (IPH, SAH)
Ischemic
 - Large Vessel Atherosclerosis
 - Cardioembolic: Atrial fib, prosthetic valves, LV aneurysm,
fib, prosthetic valves ... Endocarditis, Acute ... Hypercoagulable states ... Stroke #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential ... Impaired forward flow ... primarily related to kidney ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Obstruction: Biliary stone ... cardiac muscle, kidneys ... injury #hepatitis #differential ... diagnosis #algorithm #hepatology
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... Appropriately Low ... Kidney Phosphate ... Refeeding Syndrome, Acute ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
after starvation, Acute ... Hypercalcemic states ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #magnesium #low
Metabolic Causes of Kidney Stones in Children
 • Calcium Oxalate: Primary Hyperoxaluria type 1-3, Secondary Hyperoxaluria
Metabolic Causes of Kidney ... Stones in Children ... Syndrome type 1-4, Lowe ... #Stones #pediatrics ... #nephrology #differential