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Kidney stone type, corresponding urine sediment, urinary risk factors, and associated clinical settings.
#Diagnosis #Nephrology #Urine #Microscopy
Kidney stone type ... Microscopy #Urinary #Kidney ... #Stones #Crystals
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
• Try retrieve stone ... strainer: send for stone ... ELECTIVE: - Stone ... Stent: < 2 cm stone ... URS: Ureteric stone
Medications for Recurrent Calcium Oxalate (CaOx) Stones
HYPERCALCIURIA
 • Thiazides: HCT, Indapamide, Chlorthalidone
 • Consider after first
Oxalate (CaOx) Stones ... Consider after first stone ... - Single kidney ... - Large stone ... risk in CaPO4 stones
Proximal Ureteral Stone on POCUS
Acute flank pain.
2 cm obstructing stone in proximal ureter. Can't just managed
Proximal Ureteral Stone ... on POCUS Acute ... cm obstructing stone ... EmergOmBur #Ureteral #Stone ... kidney #clinical
UROLITHIASIS 

80% of stones are composed of calcium oxalate or phosphate. Others include uric acid (9%),
facilitates struvite stone ... Uric acid stone ... idiopathic uric acid stone ... These mutations cause ... uretericcalculus #struvite #stone
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
X-rays useful tor stone ... identify non-calculus causes ... Combines calcific stone ... for non-calculus causes ... Calculi #Renal #Kidney
Common Bile Duct Stone on POCUS

Here’s a similar case in a 70yo F with a remote
Common Bile Duct Stone ... on POCUS Here’ ... s a similar case ... but there is a stone ... BileDuct #CBD #Stone
Complex Hydronephrosis on Renal POCUS

Look beyond the RUSH exam - normal echo/flat IVC/no abd FF/no AAA....
Hydronephrosis on Renal POCUS ... AAA.... but left kidney ... Infected stone. ... Hydronephrosis #POCUS
Parotitis and Sialolithiasis - Stenson's Duct Stone on POCUS
46 yo M with acute facial swelling. POCUS
Stenson's Duct Stone ... on POCUS 46 yo ... POCUS showed Parotitis ... Stensons #Duct #Stone ... clinical #ultrasound #pocus
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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Causes of Biliary ... diverticulum, AUPBD • Stones ... : Biliary stone( ... Biliary #Dilatation #causes