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Muddy Brown Granular Casts three ways - Brightfield, Darkfield, Phase Contrast.

Dr. Vipin Varghese @vipvargh

#Muddy #Brown #Granular
Muddy Brown Granular ... Varghese @vipvargh #Muddy
Examples of varying granular and granular/waxy mixed casts: 
A: coarse granular/broad-waxy (and surrounding white blood cells);
light granular/muddy ... granular, C and D: muddy
Diagnosis of ascites according to the serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG)
SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 - Ascitic protein
serum ascites albumin ... Cirrhosis, Late Budd-Chiari ... syndrome, Massive liver ... pericarditis, Early Budd-Chiari ... SAAG #ascites #albumin
Granular & “Muddy Brown” Casts on Urine Microscopy
A. Finely granular cast B. slightly coarser granular cast
Granular & “Muddy ... coarse (c) and muddy
Muddy Brown Casts in ATN
#Clinical #Path #Nephro #Urine #Microscopy #MuddyBrownCasts #ATN
Muddy Brown Casts
Ascites Differential Diagnosis Table - Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient (SAAG)

SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 • Cirrhosis
 • Portal
Serum Ascites Albumin ... thrombosis • Late budd-chiari ... obstruction • Early budd-chiari ... #Table #Serum #Albumin
Deciphering the SAAG - Serum to Ascites Albumin Gradient
Ascites is either made in the liver sinusoid
Serum to Ascites Albumin ... either made in the liver ... or not by the liver ... designed to keep albumin ... likely to allow albumin
"Buddy View" - Testicular Ultrasound

Dr. Meghan Herbst @EUSmkh

#Buddy #View #Testicular #Ultrasound #clinical #scrotal #anatomy #labeled
"Buddy View" - Testicular ... Herbst @EUSmkh #Buddy
Core IM: Pearls on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Definition: 
 • no slam dunk criteria 
 • definition in
signs of ATN (muddy
Indications for Albumin for Management of Cirrhosis
 • Large volume paracentesis (>5 liter) - 8g per
Indications for Albumin ... paracentesis (>5 liter ... ) - 8g per liter ... terlipressin #Albumin