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Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Causes of Cystic ... contrast - Simple Cysts ... , No cysts in other ... Multiple bilateral cysts ... , Cysts in other
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Family history, ultrasound ... • Medullary cystic ... Sterile pyuria, WBC casts
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
injury: No proteinuria ... (>500mg/d), No haematuria ... , Normal renal ultrasound ... - No other cause ... - No other cause
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... Acute Kidney Injury ... Epithelial cell casts ... #Causes
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
is the defining feature ... , proteinuria, hematuria ... injury), Coags ... Goodpasture's cause ... , RBC casts, low
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
perfusion + ↑ renal ... bland urine, no hematuria ... Bland urine (no casts ... ultrasound ... essential in all cases
Peripelvic Cyst on Renal POCUS
60s f admitted with acute pyelonephritis, CT scan reveals no hydronephrosis/stone/abscess, continues
from peripelvic cysts ... Importantly, peripelvic cysts ... may be a cause ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... #ultrasound