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Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
Atlas of Urine Microscopy ... disease, but can also ... fresh at time of microscopy ... contamination #Urine #Microscopy ... key #diagnosis #nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
broad - Advanced kidney ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... #Differential # ... Microscopy #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) - Differential ... Algorithm Acute Kidney ... Epithelial cell casts ... polyangiitis /microscopic
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential ... Glomerular (red blood cells ... drainage, or stenting as ... #Injury #AKI #Differential
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... - Urinalysis/microscopy ... uric acid (rhabdo/TLS ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... Algorithm #Causes #Differential
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
documenting proteinuria as ... Microscopic exam ... • Urinary casts ... Acute Kidney Injury ... leucocyte-esterase #urine #UNa #casts
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Approach to the differential ... arbitrarily defined as ... .2>5 red blood cells ... cell/white cell casts ... Nephrocalcinosis causes nephron
Liver Chemistry Tests - AST, ALT, Alkaline Phosphatase and Bilirubin Metabolism
AST and ALT:
 • AST: liver
Metabolism AST and ALT ... cardiac muscle > kidney ... Rest cytoplasmic (CAST ... within bile duct cells ... Bilirubin #Hepatology #Pathophysiology
Non-Infective Endocarditis (NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis)
Non-infective endocarditis is also known as: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Aseptic
endocarditis is also ... Vegetations may be microscopic ... Inflammatory cells ... absent How can we differentiate ... Marantic #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
tubule of the kidney ... Most cases diagnosed ... adult population: also ... collection with EDTA Pathophysiology ... respiratory failure • Neurologic