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Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... evaluation? ... IMPROVEMENT If the urine ... etiologies due to ATN ... LorinskyMD #AKI #Acute
Sulfa Crystals on Urine Microscopy
Sulfa Crystal!  Drug-induced crystalluria is a cause of acute renal failure
Microscopy Sulfa ... crystalluria is a cause ... of acute renal ... #Microscopy #crystalluria ... #clinical #nephrology
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 ... #Urine #Microscopy
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
Atlas of Urine Microscopy ... tubular cells - Acute ... sample is not fresh at ... protein indicating acute ... key #diagnosis #nephrology
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Diagnosis and Evaluation ... Identification of onset (acute ... symptoms (HA, nausea ... history #Diagnosis #EM ... Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... - Urinalysis/microscopy ... UOP/weights - Urine ... Liano 1996) - ATN ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology
Granular & “Muddy Brown” Casts on Urine Microscopy
A. Finely granular cast B. slightly coarser granular cast
on Urine Microscopy ... “urine poker quads ... better appreciated at ... #Urine #Microscopy ... #Clinical #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... microscopy / urinary ... investigations depending on clinical ... cardiac imaging #Acute ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN) on Urine Microscopy

The specimen was thick to the point it did not
Acute Tubular Necrosis ... (ATN) on Urine ... MunerMohamed1 #Acute ... #Urine #Microscopy ... #clinical #nephrology
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach to Acute ... sterile pyuria, WBC casts ... eosinophiluria, microscopic ... MatthewHoMD #Acute ... #Algorithm #nephrology