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Common ultrasound abnormalities seen on kidney and urinary bladder POCUS

- Dr. Abhilash Koratala MD - NephroPOCUS
Common ultrasound ... abnormalities seen on kidney ... #bladder #differential ... diagnosis #pocus #ultrasound ... #renal #clinical
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic Kidney ... Disease - Differential ... Constipation • Prostate cancer ... Family history, ultrasound ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology #Differential
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute Kidney ... enlargement Prostate cancer ... Cervical cancer ... Diagnosis #Acute #Kidney ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential
Hypercalcemia of Malignancy - Pathophysiology
PTH-mediated
 • Parathyroid cancer
 • Ectopic production: Small cell lung cancer, ovarian
, ovarian cancer ... D - Increased renal ... reabsorption in kidney ... Cell of lung, Renal ... Pathophysiology #Differential
Renal Mass found on POCUS
48yo M healthy.  Several ED visits for abdominal pain.  Labs
Renal Mass found ... PoCUS reveals renal ... #Mass #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #kidney ... #cancer
Causes of Hematuria - Glomerular vs Non-glomerular

== Glomerular ==
- Glomerulonephritis 
- Thin basement membrane disease 

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Non-glomerular == Kidney ... Pyelonephritis - Renal ... - Polycystic kidney ... hyperplasia - Prostate cancer ... Nonglomerular #Causes #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... Cancer Related ... gammopathy of renal ... cyclophosphamide) #Acute #Kidney ... #Oncology #Differential
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Hematuria in Post-Renal ... carcinoma (native kidney ... carcinoma., Prostate cancer ... #Transplant #differential ... #diagnosis #kidney
Causes of Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Extravascular: Pancreatitis, surgery, acute phosphate intake and renal
Hypocalcemia - Differential ... phosphate intake and renal ... mets- prostate cancer ... Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Chronic Kidney ... #Hypocalcemia #Differential
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
causes of Acute Kidney ... Injury AKI - Differential ... thromboembolism, renal ... fibrosis, cervical cancer ... tumors INTRINSINC RENAL