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Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Urinary Tract Obstruction ... NOT distended on ultrasound ... radiolucent on x-ray ... Distended bladder on ultrasound ... Posterior Urethral valves
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Interpretation of LFTs R-value ... Cholestasis / Obstructive ... - elevation Obstruction ... NT) - If both are ... Cardiac muscle, Kidneys
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... sensitivity for obstruction ... MRI - Limited value ... scan) when an ultrasound ... Calculi #Renal #Kidney
Antenatal / Prenatal Care Schedule 
At Every Visit: Weight, Blood pressure, Psychosocial screening, Counseling re. Indications
Antenatal / Prenatal Care ... delivery • Dating ultrasound ... - Chorionic villus ... Antenatal #Prenatal #Care ... Evaluation #Obstetrics #OBGyn
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Management of Pediatric Kidney ... persistent severe pain, Obstruction ... Open surgery: rare ... ECG, FBE, Bone Xrays ... : Liver and/or kidney
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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inflammation or obstruction ... • Broncholiths are ... Diagnosis: • Chest Xray ... sites (such as the kidneys
Dilated Cystic Duct with Spiral Valves of Heister on POCUS

Older male with RUQ/midepigastric pain with jaundice.
What is the candy cane ... Answer: Obstructing ... Candy cane looking ... gallstones but no obstructing ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Peripelvic Cyst on Renal POCUS
60s f admitted with acute pyelonephritis, CT scan reveals no hydronephrosis/stone/abscess, continues
pt and with X-ray ... Obstruction attributed ... Medicine Point of Care ... Ultrasound @PittIMPOCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
diseases to exclude are ... musculoskeletal systems • Kidneys ... nonspecific white and gray ... Glomerulonephritis, arthritis, obstructive
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
epistaxis, and nasal obstruction ... X-Ray Imaging ... hypercalcemia, or kidney ... ) serum levels are ... Gy or greater are