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Kidney stone type, corresponding urine sediment, urinary risk factors, and associated clinical settings.
#Diagnosis #Nephrology #Urine #Microscopy
Kidney stone type ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... Urinary #Kidney #Stones
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 ... - Better tor ureteropelvic ... ureteric and renal stones ... Renal #Kidney #stones
Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Obstruction - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... carcinoma - Stone ... Intramural • Ureteropelvic ... • Bladder stone
Causes of Nephrolithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radio-opaque - Calcium-containing - 90% of stones
Radiolucent - Non-calcium 10%
Nephrolithiasis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Uric Acid Stones ... Nephrolithiasis #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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Biliary Dilatation - Differential ... Diagnosis • Physiological ... diverticulum, AUPBD • Stones ... : Biliary stone( ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Urine Microscopy - Kidney Stones and Crystals 

Uric Acid, Cystine, Hippurate, Cloth Fiber, Tyrosine, CaOx, CaP,
Microscopy - Kidney Stones ... Identification #Differential ... #Shapes #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Stones ... #Key #Nephrology
Gallstone Diseases
1. Asymptomatic Stones 75%
2. Biliary Pain 20%
3. Acute Cholecystitis 10%
4. Mirizzi's Syndrome < 0.1%
5. Cholangitis/
Asymptomatic Stones ... Gallstone #Diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Common Radiation Patterns of Abdominal Pain
 • Hepatic and biliary pathology - R shoulder
 • Pancreatitis,
Nephrolithiasis (kidney stones ... Patterns #Radiation #diagnosis ... #differential
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... debris • Kidney stone ... #Injury #AKI #Differential ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... Hematuria: • Stone ... Cystitis • Bladder stones ... #Hematuria #Differential ... #urology #nephrology