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Kidney stone type, corresponding urine sediment, urinary risk factors, and associated clinical settings.
#Diagnosis #Nephrology #Urine #Microscopy
Kidney stone type ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... Urinary #Kidney #Stones
UROLITHIASIS 

80% of stones are composed of calcium oxalate or phosphate. Others include uric acid (9%),
UROLITHIASIS 80% of stones ... & cystine (1%) stones ... Struvite stones, ... Uric acid stone ... These mutations cause
Causes of Nephrolithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radio-opaque - Calcium-containing - 90% of stones
Radiolucent - Non-calcium 10%
Causes of Nephrolithiasis ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Nephrolithiasis #Nephrology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Causes of Urinary ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... carcinoma - Stone ... • Bladder stone ... #Causes #Urology
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Pediatric Kidney Stones ... • Try retrieve stone ... Stent: < 2 cm stone ... URS: Ureteric stone ... Management #Pediatrics #nephrology
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
calcium-containing stones ... X-rays useful tor stone ... ureteric and renal stones ... identify non-calculus causes ... for non-calculus causes
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
disease Renal Causes ... Mass Ureteral Causes ... Hematuria: • Stone ... Cystitis • Bladder stones ... #urology #nephrology
Causes of Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
#Diagnosis #Neurology #Dizziness #Peripheral #Central #Algorithm #BPPV #Differential #Ddxof
Causes of Vertigo ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Peripheral #Central #Algorithm
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Sparing = Central cause ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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Causes of Biliary ... diverticulum, AUPBD • Stones ... : Biliary stone( ... Biliary #Dilatation #causes