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Causes Abnormal Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Turbid White Urine (Albinuria):
 • Chyluria, Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, Malignancy, Phosphaturia,
Color - Differential ... Diagnosis Turbid ... Heavy Proteinuria, Lipiduria ... , Indicanuria, Bile ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
What the Color of Urine Can Tell You - Differential Diagnosis by Urine Color
Clear: excess water
Pale
Can Tell You - Differential ... Diagnosis by Urine ... dehydrated, liver/bile ... #color #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
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 ... #diagnosis #hematology
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Infectious Disease Diagnosis ... 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 ... Diagnosis ECF ... thiazide-sensitive site ... Metabolic #Alkalosis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Bacterial Meningitis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... migrans, - Tick bite ... established by CSF or urine ... CNS #Infections #differential
Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
Pancreatic ascites - Bile ... Nephrogenic ascites - Urine ... Ascites #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential #
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
cat scratch or bite ... canimorsus (dog bite ... Rickettsia typhi (murine ... Zoonotic #zoonoses #differential ... #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
cat scratch or bite ... canimorsus (dog bite ... Rickettsia typhi (murine ... Zoonotic #zoonoses #differential ... #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases