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Possible Causes of Altered Urine Color 

Red 
    Foods: beets, blackberries, rhubarb
Possible Causes of Altered ... Urine Color ... ochronosis) #Altered ... #Discoloration ... Differential #Diagnosis #Nephrology
What the Color of Urine Can Tell You - Differential Diagnosis by Urine Color
Clear: excess water
Pale
What the Color of ... Color Clear: excess ... Syndrome): Indwelling ... #color #differential ... diagnosis #causes #discoloration
Causes Abnormal Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Turbid White Urine (Albinuria):
 • Chyluria, Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, Malignancy, Phosphaturia,
Color - Differential ... (blue diaper syndrome ... Bag Syndrome - ... #Color #discoloration ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Red Urine:
 • Medical conditions: bleeding, porphyria, factitious disorder
 • Meds: rifampin,
Urine Color - Differential ... Diagnosis Red Urine ... #Color #Differential ... Diagnosis #urinalysis #discoloration ... #nephrology
Abnormally Colored Urine - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Red:
 - Hematuria, Hemoglobinuria, Myoglobinuria
 - Beets, Rhubarb, Blackberries, Artificial
Abnormally Colored Urine ... Purple: - Purple urine ... bag syndrome (chronically ... #Discoloration ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Fecal Incontinence - Pathogenesis and Complications
Continence mechanisms are impaired
 • Local neuronal damage
 • External and
Inflammation of colon ... irritable bowel syndrome ... Diabetes) • Altered ... Incontinence #geriatrics #pathophysiology
Magnesium Absorption and Pathophysiology 
Magnesium Absorption: 
 • absorbed in the GIT — small intestine, Saturable
Absorption and Pathophysiology ... • 90-95 % of filtered ... 5% excreted in urine ... Magnesium #Absorption #Pathophysiology ... Mg #transport #nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
can induce color ... disease - Alport syndrome ... pain hematuria syndrome ... • Nutcracker syndrome ... #nephrology #renal
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
• Seizures • Altered ... Presentation: • Altered ... may precede the neurologic ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
volume-based algorithm Urine ... or Ineffective (UNa ... solute intake, UNa ... Cirrhosis, Nephrotic syndrome ... table #sodium #nephrology