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Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis ... → Refer to Nephrology ... cystoscopy • Refer to Nephrology ... if cause not identified ... Workup #urology #blood
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
- Differential Diagnosis ... • 1ml blood/liter ... → Diagnostic of ... #nephrology #renal ... #urine #blood
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
and Differential Diagnosis ... Investigations: full blood ... osmolarity If cause ... screen, including blood ... #nephrology #causes
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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What’s the diagnosis ... accept increased blood ... and other rarer causes ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #neck #jugular
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... disease Red blood ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... Differential #Microscopy #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
A urine K/Cr ratio ... • Diarrhea A urine ... losses: • High Blood ... #Hypokalemia #diagnosis ... differential #potassium #nephrology
Lancisi’s Sign in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

A 60-year-old man presented with progressive dyspnea and weight gain. A
Examination of the neck ... It is caused by ... blood flowing backwards ... Regurgitation #PhysicalExam ... #Jugular #JVP #Cardiology
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
month following neck ... consistent with a diagnosis ... experience, the cause ... Bennett & Bloom ... ophthalmology #physicalexam
Lancisi’s Sign in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

A large venous wave, or Giant V wave, is visible in
It is caused by ... blood flowing backwards ... Regurgitation #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Neck ... #Jugular #Cardiology
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
• Normal/low blood ... Urine chloride is ... the indicated causes ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #differential #diagnosis