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Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Modalities for Renal ... for ureteric and renal ... identify non-calculus causes ... for ureteric and renal ... for non-calculus causes
UROLITHIASIS 

80% of stones are composed of calcium oxalate or phosphate. Others include uric acid (9%),
& cystine (1%) stones ... Struvite stones, ... overwhelms the renal ... Uric acid stone ... These mutations cause
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
thrombosis • Renal ... Sickle cell) • Renal ... Hematuria: • Stone ... Cystitis • Bladder stones ... TURP/Biopsy Renal
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
UA) - Tubular (renal ... - Diaqnosis: Renal ... treating underlying cause ... - Intrarenal: stones ... - Diagnosis: Renal
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
asymmetric reduction in tone ... ; severe cases cause ... evasion techniques cause ... > Inflammation causes ... #Immunization #peds
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... hydronephrosis • renal ... Pain #Pediatrics #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Peds
Urothelial Thickening on Renal POCUS
Teenager (female) with flank pain and fever.  POCUS to evaluate for
Thickening on Renal ... no definitive stone ... recently passed stone ... abnormal echogencity, renal ... on u/s in young peds
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
Types of Renal Calculi ... Hypercalcemia, Renal ... Hyperuricemia, Renal ... #stones #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Urinoma and Calyceal rupture on Renal Ultrasound
Sudden onset Rt flank pain.  Patient has right distal
Calyceal rupture on Renal ... right distal UVJ stone ... Distal UVJ stone ... seen on sag bladder ... Calyceal #rupture #Renal
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Intestine - Other causes ... Pregnancy - Renal ... duct stricture/Stones