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Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Causes of Urinary ... ultrasound, Hematuria, flank ... • Thrombus (frank ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
The most common causes ... more than one cause ... findings: bulging flanks ... , flank dullness ... ; hemorrhagic: frank
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
glomerulopathies • Causes ... syndrome: • Flank ... disease Renal Causes ... Mass Ureteral Causes ... and SMA - Can cause
Medullary Nephrocalcinosis on Renal POCUS

Female with right flank pain.  Diagnosis and cause?  
Answer: Medullary
Female with right flank ... Diagnosis and cause ... Nephrocalcinosis with right flank
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
and unilateral flank ... proteinuria, RBC casts ... Nephrology if cause
Renal Nutcracker Syndrome Pathophysiology
Nutcracker syndrome = compression of the left renal vein between the aorta and
Can cause microscopic ... hematuria +/- flank
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
identify non-calculus causes ... of flank or abdominal ... for non-calculus causes
How to Diagnose a Urinary Tract Infection

To diagnose UTI in patients over 65:

• Evidence of pyrexia,
No alternative cause ... hypothermia • Flank
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
back of thigh/flank ... #differential #causes
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
back of thigh/flank ... #differential #causes