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Causes of Abnormal Urine Colors - Differential Diagnosis
Blue-Green - Yellow - Orange - Pink - Red
Causes of Abnormal ... Urine Colors - ... Differential Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #causes ... #discoloration
What the Color of Urine Can Tell You - Differential Diagnosis by Urine Color
Clear: excess water
Pale
Can Tell You - Differential ... dehydrated, liver/bile ... #color #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #discoloration
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 ... #Color #discoloration
Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Red Urine:
 • Medical conditions: bleeding, porphyria, factitious disorder
 • Meds: rifampin,
Urine Color - Differential ... : • Any cause of ... dyes typically cause ... #Color #Differential ... Diagnosis #urinalysis #discoloration
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 ... Nephrocalcinosis causes
Possible Causes of Altered Urine Color 

Red 
    Foods: beets, blackberries, rhubarb
Possible Causes ... of Altered Urine ... Purple (Purple Urine ... #Colored #Discoloration ... #Differential #
Several artifacts can cause significant and potentially misleading alterations to measured RBC parameters: 
1. Old samples
artifacts can cause ... Old samples cause ... Lipemia causes a ... Poikilocytosis #CabotRings #Acanthocytes ... Echinocytes #BurrCells #Bite
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 • Gastric alkalosis:
Causes of Metabolic ... Alkalosis: Differential ... thiazide-sensitive site ... Metabolic #Alkalosis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - Clues ... exposure and/or bite ... exposure and/or bite ... - Fleas → Murine ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #differential
Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
Causes of Ascites ... Pancreatic ascites - Bile ... Nephrogenic ascites - Urine ... peritonitis #Ascites #Causes ... #diagnosis #differential