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Kidney stone type, corresponding urine sediment, urinary risk factors, and associated clinical settings.
#Diagnosis #Nephrology #Urine #Microscopy
Kidney stone type ... Microscopy #Urinary #Kidney ... #Stones #Crystals
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
• Try retrieve stone ... strainer: send for stone ... ELECTIVE: - Stone ... Stent: < 2 cm stone ... URS: Ureteric stone
Medications for Recurrent Calcium Oxalate (CaOx) Stones
HYPERCALCIURIA
 • Thiazides: HCT, Indapamide, Chlorthalidone
 • Consider after first
Oxalate (CaOx) Stones ... Consider after first stone ... - Single kidney ... - Large stone ... risk in CaPO4 stones
UROLITHIASIS 

80% of stones are composed of calcium oxalate or phosphate. Others include uric acid (9%),
Struvite stones, ... facilitates struvite stone ... Uric acid stone ... idiopathic uric acid stone ... uretericcalculus #struvite #stone
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
calcium-containing stones ... X-rays useful tor stone ... Combines calcific stone ... Calculi #Renal #Kidney ... #stones #calculus
Twinkle Sign - Bladder Stone on Doppler Ultrasound

Obstructive uropathy is evidenced on POCUS by hydronephrosis, but
Sign - Bladder Stone ... hydronephrosis, but renal stones ... ultrasound waves strike ... a stone's highly ... Sign #Bladder #Stone
Causes of Nephrolithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radio-opaque - Calcium-containing - 90% of stones
Radiolucent - Non-calcium 10%
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Uric Acid Stones ... - Struvite Stones ... - 10% of stones ... Medullary sponge kidney
Proximal Ureteral Stone on POCUS
Acute flank pain.
2 cm obstructing stone in proximal ureter. Can't just managed
Proximal Ureteral Stone ... cm obstructing stone ... EmergOmBur #Ureteral #Stone ... #POCUS #renal #kidney
Bladder Stone with Twinkle Artifact on POCUS
Twinkle artifact isn't just for renal stones, check out this
Bladder Stone with ... just for renal stones ... out this bladder stone ... CincySono #Bladder #Stone
Ureterovesical Junction Stone on Bladder Ultrasound (Transverse View)

This is a transverse plane through the bladder. Bones,
Ureterovesical Junction Stone ... Bones, stones, air ... large L ureteral stone ... Ureteral stones ... Junction #UVJ #Stone