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Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Kidney Injury - Differential ... Diagnosis: History, urinalysis ... ultrasonography, urinalysis ... treating underlying cause ... #Injury #AKI #Differential
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Urinalysis & Urine ... • Ketones • Leukocyte ... • Urinary casts ... #Urinalysis #crystals ... dipstick #nitrite #leucocyte-esterase
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
-> AML: Blast crises ... • Blasts > 10% leukocytes ... Splenomegaly • ↑ Leukocyte ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... AML Dx: • ↑ Leukocyte
Evaluation of Leukocytosis:
The term 'leukocyte' applies to any cells within the myeloblast, monoblast, & lymphoid lineages.
Include
Leukocytosis: The term 'leukocyte ... cells within the myeloblast ... part automated differential ... precursor cells to leukocytes ... the underlying cause
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... calculi/infection - Urinalysis ... RBC’s, RBC/WBC casts ... #Macroscopic #Differential
Causes of Dysuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pyuria - Leukocytes on Dipstick/Microscopy
 - Bacteriuria & Hematuria -
Causes of Dysuria ... - Differential ... Algorithm Pyuria - Leukocytes ... No Pyuria - No Leukocytes ... cystitis #Dysuria #Differential
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... by microscopy (Urinalysis ... glomerulopathies • Causes ... urinary tract) Causes ... #Hematuria #Differential
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
CBC w/ diff - Urinalysis ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Differential
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
ALP) Elevation - Differential ... Intestine - Other causes ... • Placenta • Leukocytes ... ALP #Elevation #Differential
Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Red Urine:
 • Medical conditions: bleeding, porphyria, factitious disorder
 • Meds: rifampin,
Urine Color - Differential ... Urine: • Any cause ... dyes typically cause ... #Urine #Color #Differential ... #Diagnosis #urinalysis