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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
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
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
• Clarity Dipstick ... Microscopic exam ... • Crystals ... Tubular Necrosis (ATN ... #dipstick #nitrite
Urine Microscopy - Urinary Sediment Examination Instructions
Preparation of the urine for microscopic examination:
 • Clean catch
Urine Microscopy ... bag • Perform dipstick ... another tube with an ... Ill stain) and crystals ... RBC's, lipids, crystals
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
Atlas of Urine Microscopy ... also be seen if urine ... sample is not fresh at ... time of microscopy ... - Some crystals
Urine Microscopy Instructions - How to spin urine

1. Collect a fresh urine sample (5 – 10
Urine Microscopy ... dipstick available ... a centrifuge at ... the slide on the microscope ... #Urine #Microscopy
Diagnostic Criteria for Scleroderma Renal Crisis 

1. New onset blood pressure >150/85 mm Hg OR increase
function, defined as an ... hematuria on urine ... dipstick and/or ... blood cells on urine ... microscopy
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
sediment Microscopic ... sediment by microscopy ... (Urinalysis or dipstick ... syndrome: • Flank pain ... • Malignant HTN
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
AKI) 1) IS THIS AN ... IMPROVEMENT If the urine ... Assess UA w/ microscopy ... , RBCs, casts, crystals ... etiologies due to ATN
Approach to Microscopic Hematuria 

Microscopic hematuria is often incidental but may be associated with urologic malignancy.
creatinine, or HTN ... in the presence ... properly collected urine ... Not by positive dipstick ... cystoscopy & renal ultrasound