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Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
UA) - Tubular (renal ... : Renal ultrasonography ... , urinalysis, renal ... - Intrarenal: stones ... : Renal ultrasonography
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Modalities for Renal ... for ureteric and renal ... for ureteric and renal ... Modalities #Calculi #Renal ... #Kidney #stones
Renal Abscess on POCUS
Left flank pain. On ABX Day 5 for pyelo. She has hx of
POCUS Left flank ... stones and now ... passing another stone ... this patient--diagnosis ... #kidney #POCUS
Adrenal Metastases on Renal POCUS
Pt complains of right flank pain, n/v. States feels like prior kidney
Metastases on Renal ... POCUS Pt complains ... prior kidney stones ... Final diagnosis- ... metastatic #mass #Renal
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
Types of Renal Calculi ... Hypercalcemia, Renal ... Hyperuricemia, Renal ... Calculi #Types #Renal ... #diagnosis #causes
Hydronephrosis and Urinoma on Renal POCUS (Transverse)
Pt c/o RUQ pain. Has known gallstones and states feels
and Urinoma on Renal ... urinoma in this case ... How it ended: Renal ... doesn't give you the diagnosis ... Hydronephrosis #Urinoma #Renal
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
- Differential Diagnosis ... Intestine - Other causes ... Intestine • Kidney ... Pregnancy - Renal ... duct stricture/Stones
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Agents Regulating Renal ... disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... stones caused by ... Inhibitors of Renal ... #Diuretics #Renal
Metabolic Causes of Kidney Stones in Children
 • Calcium Oxalate: Primary Hyperoxaluria type 1-3, Secondary Hyperoxaluria
of Kidney Stones ... Phosphate: Distal Renal ... (Oculo-Cerebro-Renal ... #Kidney #Stones ... #differential #diagnosis
Perinephric fluid on POCUS

Differential Diagnosis: Calyceal rupture due to obstruction (eg, ureteral stone, crossing vessels, compression
Differential Diagnosis ... (eg, ureteral stone ... hematoma from trauma, renal ... pyelonephritis, & renal ... #ultrasound #renal