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Kidney stone type, corresponding urine sediment, urinary risk factors, and associated clinical settings.
#Diagnosis #Nephrology #Urine #Microscopy
Kidney stone type ... Microscopy #Urinary #Kidney ... #Stones #Crystals
Urinoma and Calyceal rupture on Renal Ultrasound
Sudden onset Rt flank pain.  Patient has right distal
Urinoma and Calyceal ... right distal UVJ stone ... Urinoma most likely ... Distal UVJ stone ... Renal #Ultrasound #kidney
Medications for Recurrent Calcium Oxalate (CaOx) Stones
HYPERCALCIURIA
 • Thiazides: HCT, Indapamide, Chlorthalidone
 • Consider after first
Oxalate (CaOx) Stones ... Consider after first stone ... - Single kidney ... - Large stone ... risk in CaPO4 stones
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Management of Pediatric Kidney ... Stones Acute Managment ... • Try retrieve stone ... : Liver and/or kidney ... SwastiThinks #Kidney
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 ... identify non-calculus causes ... for non-calculus causes ... Calculi #Renal #Kidney
UROLITHIASIS 

80% of stones are composed of calcium oxalate or phosphate. Others include uric acid (9%),
UROLITHIASIS 80% of stones ... & cystine (1%) stones ... Struvite stones, ... Uric acid stone ... These mutations cause
Causes of Nephrolithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radio-opaque - Calcium-containing - 90% of stones
Radiolucent - Non-calcium 10%
Causes of Nephrolithiasis ... Uric Acid Stones ... - 10% of stones ... Medullary sponge kidney ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
NSAID vs ACEI/ARB effects on the Kidneys

Remember that NSAIDs and ACEI/ARB therapy have opposing effects on
effects on the Kidneys ... effects on the kidneys ... NSAIDs cause vasoconstriction ... contribute to kidney ... use shouldn't cause
UVJ Stone on Bladder Ultrasound - Sagittal
Patient has right distal UVJ stone with hydronephrosis and urinoma.
UVJ Stone on Bladder ... right distal UVJ stone ... hydronephrosis and urinoma ... Urinoma most likely ... Distal UVJ stone
Urine Microscopy - Kidney Stones and Crystals 

Uric Acid, Cystine, Hippurate, Cloth Fiber, Tyrosine, CaOx, CaP,
Urine Microscopy - Kidney ... Stones and Crystals ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Stones ... Nephrology #Sediment #Kidney