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Common ultrasound abnormalities seen on kidney and urinary bladder POCUS

- Dr. Abhilash Koratala MD - NephroPOCUS
kidney and urinary bladder ... POCUS - Dr. ... #differential # ... diagnosis #pocus ... #ultrasound #renal
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... Framework Pre-Renal ... Hypercalcemia, Renal ... • Neurogenic Bladder ... Kidney #Injury #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... Framework PRE-Renal ... Shunting INTRA-Renal ... obstruction, Neurogenic bladder ... Kidney #Injury #Differential
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Hematuria in Post-Renal ... cell carcinoma (native ... kidney), Bladder ... #Hematuria #Renal ... #Transplant #differential
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... suggest intrinsic renal ... tract), terminal (bladder ... #Macroscopic #Differential
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... gross hematuria Bladder ... • Cystitis • Bladder ... /Ureter/Bladder ... #Hematuria #Differential
Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy on Pelvic Ultrasound

Assessment for an intrauterine pregnancy (IUP). Uterine landmarks are bladder (B)
landmarks are bladder ... obstetrics #radiology #POCUS ... #labeled
Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated PTH (High or normal):
 • Primary Hyperparathyroidism
 • Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
Low
Hypercalcemia - Differential ... Tumors: Lung, SCC, renal ... , Bladder, Breast ... Hypercalcemia #Differential
Urine Anion Gap in NAGMA
NA + K - Cl = surrogate for Urine NH4+
NH4+ is excreted
hence increasing negative ... NEGATIVE when the ... RTA (nb ↑K) - Renal ... NAGMA #diagnosis #differential
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
protein/Cr - Renal ... /bladder US w/ PVR ... - 45% - Pre-renal ... mostly ATN and pre-renal ... Algorithm #Causes #Differential