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Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Management of Pediatric Kidney ... Stones Acute Managment ... Recurrence: • For ALL ... : Liver and/or kidney ... SwastiThinks #Kidney
Complex Hydronephrosis on Renal POCUS

Look beyond the RUSH exam - normal echo/flat IVC/no abd FF/no AAA....
flat IVC/no abd FF ... AAA.... but left kidney ... Infected stone.
Medications for Recurrent Calcium Oxalate (CaOx) Stones
HYPERCALCIURIA
 • Thiazides: HCT, Indapamide, Chlorthalidone
 • Consider after first
Oxalate (CaOx) Stones ... - Single kidney ... - Large stone ... risk in CaPO4 stones ... ABNORMALITIES (or all
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... or AST > ALP): ... Cholestatic Pattern (ALP ... Ducts - CBD stone ... Transaminitis #Algorithm
Increased Urination - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Increased Volume / Frequency
 • Increased osmotic load (Increased
mannitol), Chronic kidney ... • Inability of kidneys ... Isosthenuria): Chronic kidney ... calculi, Bladder ... Pelvic Muscle Tone
Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Upper Tract - Bladder ... carcinoma - Stone ... stone • ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Obstruction: Biliary stone ... cardiac muscle, RBC, kidney ... cardiac muscle, kidneys ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Intestine • Kidney ... duct stricture/Stones ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
UPJ Stone on Sagittal Bladder POCUS

4th grade female with right mid abdominal pain.  Brought from
UPJ Stone on Sagittal ... Bladder POCUS ... FAST exam trace FF ... Ureteropelvic #junction #Stone ... #Sagittal #Bladder
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Severe ALT > 15x ... • Pregnancy - AFLP ... Common Bile Duct Stone ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm