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Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Kidney Stones Acute ... • Try retrieve stone ... ELECTIVE: - Stone ... Stent: < 2 cm stone ... URS: Ureteric stone
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
calcium-containing stones ... X-rays useful tor stone ... stones IVP - ... Combines calcific stone ... #Kidney #stones
Proximal Ureteral Stone on POCUS
Acute flank pain.
2 cm obstructing stone in proximal ureter. Can't just managed
Proximal Ureteral Stone ... cm obstructing stone ... EmergOmBur #Ureteral #Stone ... #POCUS #renal # ... kidney #clinical
Complex Hydronephrosis on Renal POCUS

Look beyond the RUSH exam - normal echo/flat IVC/no abd FF/no AAA....
Hydronephrosis on Renal ... POCUS Look beyond ... AAA.... but left kidney ... Infected stone. ... #Renal #Ultrasound
Renal Abscess on POCUS
Left flank pain. On ABX Day 5 for pyelo. She has hx of
POCUS Left flank ... stones and now ... passing another stone ... this patient--diagnosis ... #kidney #POCUS
Renal Pelvis Stone on POCUS

A patient presents with fever and RLQ pain.  Coronal plane showing
Renal Pelvis Stone ... on POCUS A patient ... stone in the pelvis ... concerning for septic stone ... #Pelvis #Stone
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... UA) - Tubular (renal ... , urinalysis, renal ... - Intrarenal: stones ... appropriate) #Acute #Kidney
Ultrasound

Preferred procedure in pregnant women and in patients allergic to IV contrast.
Not dependent on the composition
composition of stones ... Stones are seen ... Kidney Stone ... #Clinical #POCUS ... IVContrastAllergies #Diagnosis
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
- Differential Diagnosis ... → Diagnostic of ... Hematuria: • Stone ... Cystitis • Bladder stones ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Adrenal Metastases on Renal POCUS
Pt complains of right flank pain, n/v. States feels like prior kidney
Metastases on Renal ... POCUS Pt complains ... prior kidney stones ... Final diagnosis- ... had CT and MRI done