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Ammonium Urate Crystals on Urine Microscopy
Very much like a black sea urchin in these particular examples

Dr.
Ammonium Urate Crystals ... on Urine Microscopy ... much like a black sea ... #clinical #nephrology ... #urine #microscopy
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Epithelial cell casts ... crystals • Calcium ... polyangiitis /microscopic ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology ... #Causes
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... sediment - WBC/RBC casts ... polyangiitis (GPA) / microscopic ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology ... #Causes
Urine Microscopy - Urinary Sediment Examination Instructions
Preparation of the urine for microscopic examination:
 • Clean catch
esterase • Fill conical ... up by cells or casts ... Ill stain) and crystals ... RBC's, lipids, crystals ... protein matrix of casts
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
dipstick, urine microscopy ... electrolytes, urea ... investigations depending on clinical ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... cell/white cell casts ... of the retina, uveae ... Nephrocalcinosis causes ... nephrotic #syndrome #nephrology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... Sedimentation rate (ESR or sed ... identifies 85 to 95% of cases ... per day or 1 mg ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology
Orbital Apex Syndrome secondary to Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO)

This 81 yo male was referred to our
prednisone (20 mg ... steroids (some cases ... Ophthalmicus #HZO #clinical ... #video #ophthalmology ... #physicalexam #neurology