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Urine Microscopy - Kidney Stones and Crystals 

Uric Acid, Cystine, Hippurate, Cloth Fiber, Tyrosine, CaOx, CaP,
Urine Microscopy ... #Microscopy #Crystals ... Identification #Differential ... Shapes #Diagnosis #Clinical ... Sediment #Kidney #Atlas
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
Hemoglobin C Crystals ... autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... #Morphology #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology ... #microscopy #atlas
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
) Morphology Atlas ... Malignant tumors, Acute ... #Morphology #Atlas ... key #diagnosis #differential ... #hematology
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Microscopic exam ... • Crystals ... Red blood cells (RBC ... Acute Kidney Injury ... casts #glucosuria #hematuria
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
e.g AEIOU ) or anuria ... IMPROVEMENT If the urine ... Assess UA w/ microscopy ... for WBCs, RBCs, ... casts, crystals
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... Blood smear - RBC ... younger pts) Differential ... passage of red-brown urine ... #hematology #diagnosis
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
polarized light microscopy ... the presence of anemia ... Screening Tests for Acute ... • Serum and urine ... ANA and RF (if clinical
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... permanent alopecia Differential ... non-nephrotic proteinuria, hematuria ... edema, active urine ... lymphopenia, low PLT • Anemia