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Causes Abnormal Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Turbid White Urine (Albinuria):
 • Chyluria, Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, Malignancy, Phosphaturia,
Causes Abnormal Urine ... Color - Differential ... Heavy Proteinuria, Lipiduria ... , Indicanuria, Bile ... discoloration #Differential
What the Color of Urine Can Tell You - Differential Diagnosis by Urine Color
Clear: excess water
Pale
What the Color of Urine ... Can Tell You - Differential ... Diagnosis by Urine ... dehydrated, liver/bile ... #color #differential
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Approach to the differential ... arbitrarily defined as urine ... high-power field + acanthocytes ... because nephritic urine ... #Algorithm #differential
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
Spurr Cell RBC (Acanthocyte ... Bite Cell RBC: G6PD ... RBC #Morphology #differential
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
exposure and/or bite ... exposure and/or bite ... - Fleas → Murine ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #differential
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 • Gastric alkalosis:
Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential ... volume contracted: urine ... volume expanded: urine ... thiazide-sensitive site ... Metabolic #Alkalosis #Differential
Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
Pancreatic ascites - Bile ... Nephrogenic ascites - Urine ... Causes #diagnosis #differential
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Bacterial Meningitis - Differential ... migrans, - Tick bite ... established by CSF or urine ... Good indicator to differentiate ... CNS #Infections #differential
Several artifacts can cause significant and potentially misleading alterations to measured RBC parameters: 
1. Old samples
Lipemia causes a ... Poikilocytosis #CabotRings #Acanthocytes ... Echinocytes #BurrCells #Bite
Causes of Green Colored Urine - Differential Diagnosis
Drugs/Ingestion: 
 • Cimetidine, Promethazine, Indomethacin, Metoclopramide, Flutamide, Methylene
Green Colored Urine ... - Differential ... Miscellaneous: • Bile ... PMC4668454/ #Green #Urine ... #Differential #