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Complex Hydronephrosis on Renal POCUS

Look beyond the RUSH exam - normal echo/flat IVC/no abd FF/no AAA....
Hydronephrosis on Renal ... flat IVC/no abd FF ... AAA.... but left kidney ... Infected stone. ... Hydronephrosis #POCUS #Renal
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Modalities for Renal ... for ureteric and renal ... identify non-calculus causes ... for non-calculus causes ... #Kidney #stones
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Management of Pediatric Kidney ... Stones Acute Managment ... Monitoring for extra-renal ... : Liver and/or kidney ... SwastiThinks #Kidney
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework 
Pre-Renal
Post-Renal
Intrinsic Renal:
 • Tubules (ATN)
 • Glomerular:
Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury - ... Framework Pre-Renal ... #KidneyInjury #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Diaqnosis: Renal ... treating underlying cause ... - Intrarenal: stones ... appropriate) #Acute #Kidney
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Kidney Disease ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
kidney injury (AKI ... , renal, and post-renal ... Renal causes of ... components of the kidney ... Diagnosis #AKI #Acute #Kidney
UROLITHIASIS 

80% of stones are composed of calcium oxalate or phosphate. Others include uric acid (9%),
& cystine (1%) stones ... Struvite stones, ... overwhelms the renal ... Uric acid stone ... These mutations cause
Kidney Biopsy - Diagnosis Algorithms
1) Normal Glomerulus by LM
2) Glomerular Crescents
3) Double Contours of GBM
4) Endocapillary
Kidney Biopsy - ... Diagnosis Algorithms ... Hypercellularity #Kidney ... #Biopsy #renal ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
NSAID vs ACEI/ARB effects on the Kidneys

Remember that NSAIDs and ACEI/ARB therapy have opposing effects on
effects on the Kidneys ... effects on the kidneys ... NSAIDs cause vasoconstriction ... use shouldn't cause ... Effects #Nephrology #Renal