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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
abdominal pain, bloody ... Fecal leukocytes ... Fecal leukocyte ... Bloody diarrhea, ... Acute #Diarrhea #management
Causes of Dysuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pyuria - Leukocytes on Dipstick/Microscopy
 - Bacteriuria & Hematuria -
Causes of Dysuria - Differential ... Algorithm Pyuria - Leukocytes ... on Dipstick/Microscopy ... No Pyuria - No Leukocytes ... on Dipstick/Microscopy
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Blood (hemoglobin ... • Ketones • Leukocyte ... Microscopic exam ... • Red blood cells ... dipstick #nitrite #leucocyte-esterase
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
disease - Fecal leukocytes ... and occult blood ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management ... workup #diagnosis #differential
Evaluation of Leukocytosis:
The term 'leukocyte' applies to any cells within the myeloblast, monoblast, & lymphoid lineages.
Include
Leukocytosis: The term 'leukocyte ... defined as white blood ... in peripheral blood ... part automated differential ... precursor cells to leukocytes
Urine Microscopy - Urinary Sediment Examination Instructions
Preparation of the urine for microscopic examination:
 • Clean catch
Urine Microscopy ... the urine for microscopic ... presence of protein, blood ... or leukocyte esterase ... a high quality microscope
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... urine • 1ml blood ... urine sediment Microscopic ... #Hematuria #Differential ... #renal #urine #blood
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
of Hematuria - Differential ... Algorithm Red blood ... cells on urine microscopy ... with polyangiitis/microscopic ... #Hematuria #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Kidney Injury - Differential ... urinalysis, labs - Management ... Glomerular (red blood ... eosinophils/white blood ... #Injury #AKI #Differential
An immune cell hunting a bacterium among red blood cells. It almost gets distracted by another
bacterium among red blood ... Filmed through a microscope ... Burnette @MAG2ART #leukocyte ... microbiology #video #microscopy