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Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 • Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
Urine Microscopy ... suggestive of acute ... tubular necrosis (ATN ... in a variety of acute ... #nephrology #interpretation
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
Atlas of Urine Microscopy ... tubular cells - Acute ... is not fresh at ... protein indicating acute ... key #diagnosis #nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... are seen in acute ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... #Differential # ... Microscopy #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... investigations depending on clinical ... Glomerulonephritis / Vasculits ... cardiac imaging #Acute ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... UOP/weights - Urine ... Glomerulonephritis or vasculitis ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... Algorithm #Causes #Differential
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... hematuria: - RBC casts ... Diagnostic of GN or vasculitis ... • Malignant HTN ... #nephrology #renal
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
recognition of an ... Cogan syndrome • Acute ... ANCA-associated vasculitides ... #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential
Evolution of MRI Findings in Stroke

MR images at five subsequent time points in a 67-year-old woman
acute ischemic ... it possible to differentiate ... scan cannot be ... #Stroke #CVA #Clinical ... Interpretation #Findings #Neurology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
evaluation should be ... An acute rise or ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Coarctation of aorta, Vasculitis ... Neurologic disorders
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
vast majority of cases ... approach to the differential ... Measure urine osmolality ... puts patients at ... Treatment #management #nephrology