21 results
Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 • Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
Urine Microscopy ... acute and chronic kidney ... #Urine #Microscopy ... #nephrology #interpretation ... #diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... Light chain (LC) cast ... malignancies Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... broad - Advanced kidney ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... Differential #Microscopy #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
carcinoma., Prostate cancer ... #differential #diagnosis ... #kidney #blood ... #urine #management ... #treatment #nephrology
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
alkalosis • Kidney ... - outside the kidneys ... high in kidney ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
- Differential Diagnosis ... Constipation • Prostate cancer ... Sterile pyuria, WBC casts ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute Kidney ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Acute Kidney ... Constipation • Prostate Cancer ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Approach to Acute Kidney ... require urgent nephrology ... IMPROVEMENT If the urine ... for WBCs, RBCs, casts ... #nephrology
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
↑ Aldosterone: Kidney ... Cl - Non-reabsorbable ... Cl - Loop diuretics ... differential #algorithm #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
- Differential Diagnosis ... hematuria: - RBC casts ... → Diagnostic of ... BPH • Prostate cancer ... #nephrology #renal