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Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
sediment Microscopic ... sediment by microscopy ... Post-infectious GN - Loin pain ... : • Flank pain ... + gross or microscopic
Urinary Casts in the setting of renal disease
#Clinical #Nephro #Urine #Microscopy #Casts #Comparison #Chart #ATN #AIN
Urinary Casts in ... Clinical #Nephro #Urine ... #Microscopy #Casts ... #Comparison #Chart ... #ATN #AIN #Pyelonephritis
Nephritic vs Nephrotic Syndrome

Step 1: If the patient has hematuria and/or proteinuria, think about nephrotic/nephritic syndromes.
Step
the patient has hematuria ... have glomerular hematuria ... dysmorphic RBCs in ... urine)? ... Nephrotic #Syndrome #Comparison
Diagnostic Criteria for Scleroderma Renal Crisis 

1. New onset blood pressure >150/85 mm Hg OR increase
A decline in renal ... examination - Microscopic ... hematuria on urine ... blood cells on urine ... microscopy
Urine Microscopy Crystals
Uric Acid crystals:
 - Formation promoted by acidic urine
 - Seen in tumor lysis
Urine Microscopy ... - Seen in tumor ... - Seen in UTIs ... #Microscopy #Crystals ... #comparison #table
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
diseases Light Microscopy ... IM) - Electron Microscopy ... (EM) Haematuria ... • Lupus ISN/RPS ... nephrology #pathology #comparison
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
recording differences in ... a glass vessel in ... Microscopic exam ... Tubular Necrosis (ATN ... casts #glucosuria #hematuria
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... , proteinuria, hematuria ... Anti-GBM antibody • Urine ... : UA, Urine protein ... or gross hematuria
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
glucans and chitin in ... are Aspergillus spp ... melanin pigment in ... #microbiology #microscopy ... fungi #fungus #comparison
Approach to Microscopic Hematuria 

Microscopic hematuria is often incidental but may be associated with urologic malignancy.
Hematuria Microscopic ... hematuria is often ... creatinine, or HTN in ... properly collected urine ... Repeat urinalysis in