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Kidney stone type, corresponding urine sediment, urinary risk factors, and associated clinical settings.
#Diagnosis #Nephrology #Urine #Microscopy
Kidney stone type ... sediment, urinary ... and associated clinical ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... #Urinary #Kidney
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... sediment, renal ... investigations depending on clinical ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
Urinary Casts and ... and concentrated urine ... broad - Advanced kidney ... disease Red blood ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
sediment and color ... • Urinary casts ... : • White blood ... Acute Kidney Injury ... #UNa #casts #glucosuria
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary ... Chloride Algorithm ... • Normal/low blood ... Metabolic #Alkalosis #Urinary ... #Algorithm #nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
• 1ml blood/liter ... clots ➔ Lower Urinary ... hematuria: - RBC casts ... causes #urology #nephrology ... blood
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm ... differentiating kidney ... A urine K/Cr ratio ... mEq/g suggests urinary ... differential #potassium #nephrology
Lupus Nephritis - Diagnostic approach to kidney disease associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
SLE patient develops
• Nephritic urine ... sediment (dysmorphic ... RBCs, RBC casts ... Nephritis #diagnosis #algorithm ... #sle #nephrology
Urine Microscopy - Urinary Sediment Examination Instructions
Preparation of the urine for microscopic examination:
 • Clean catch
- Urinary Sediment ... presence of protein, blood ... esterase • Fill conical ... up by cells or casts ... #Microscopy #Urinary
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... content [85].2>5 red blood ... cell/white cell casts ... sediment may or ... nephrotic #syndrome #nephrology