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Kidney stone type, corresponding urine sediment, urinary risk factors, and associated clinical settings.
#Diagnosis #Nephrology #Urine #Microscopy
Kidney stone type ... urine sediment, urinary ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... Urine #Microscopy #Urinary ... #Kidney #Stones
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
- Differential ... OBSTRUCTIVE • Urinary ... cervical cancer) • Urinary ... Glomerulonephritides (GN) • Primary ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... obstruction along the urinary ... stone • Tumor ... Trauma to the urinary ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... POST-Renal AKI: • Urinary ... #Kidney #Injury ... Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Nephrolithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radio-opaque - Calcium-containing - 90% of stones
Radiolucent - Non-calcium 10%
Nephrolithiasis - Differential ... : • Urinary tract ... Medullary sponge kidney ... Nephrolithiasis #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Management of Pediatric Kidney ... Stones Acute Managment ... Surgical Rx: • ACUTE ... Targeted Rx: • PRIMARY ... #Pediatrics #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential ... Obstruction to urinary ... prostate hypertrophy, urinary ... - Intrarenal: stones
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
Hyponatremia - Differential ... pathology (e.g. strokes ... renal failure - Primary ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Table
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Kidney Injury ( ... POST-RENAL Urinary ... #Kidney #Injury ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
Urinary Casts and ... casts are seen in acute ... broad - Advanced kidney ... White blood cell - Urinary ... amzn.to/34t5DgJ #Urinary