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Increased Urination - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Increased Volume / Frequency
 • Increased osmotic load (Increased
mannitol), Chronic kidney ... • Inability of kidneys ... Isosthenuria): Chronic kidney ... calculi, Bladder ... Pelvic Muscle Tone
Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Upper Tract - Bladder ... carcinoma - Stone ... stone • ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
UVJ Stone on Bladder Ultrasound

Which of the following is the best next step in this 30yo
UVJ Stone on Bladder ... with left lower quadrant ... has a left uvj stone ... Most ureteral stones ... #UVJ #Stone #Bladder
Causes of Pelvic Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Gastrointestinal:
 • Appendiceal abscess
 • Diverticular abscess
 • Diverticulosis
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Distended bladder ... • Bladder cancer ... • Pelvic kidney ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Nephrolithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radio-opaque - Calcium-containing - 90% of stones
Radiolucent - Non-calcium 10%
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Uric Acid Stones ... - 10% of stones ... Medullary sponge kidney ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
causing Acute Kidney ... methotrexate Postrenal -↓ bladder ... urinary sphincter tone ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney
Causes of Hematuria - Glomerular vs Non-glomerular

== Glomerular ==
- Glomerulonephritis 
- Thin basement membrane disease 

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Non-glomerular == Kidney ... - Polycystic kidney ... - Polyp Bladder ... Hematuria #Glomerular #Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... • Neurogenic Bladder ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney ... nephrology #causes #algorithm
Lower Urinary Tract Infections: Complications
 - Infection damages the urinary tract epithelium causing fibroblast proliferation and
extends above the bladder ... Infection of the kidney ... urine -> Struvite stones
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Hypertension Management Algorithm ... Acute Ischemic Stoke ... Syndrome • Acute Kidney ... Hypertension #Management #Algorithm