Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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diagnosis nephrology differential management algorithm clinical causes pocus workup hematuria hypokalemia metabolic potassium stones urinary urology acidosis ackd acquired acute
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Investigations: full blood ... clinical context and signs ... screen, including blood ... imaging #Acute #Kidney
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient • Bacterial: Escherichia
Hematuria in Post-Renal ... carcinoma (native kidney ... differential #diagnosis #kidney ... #blood #urine # ... management #treatment #nephrology
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Symptoms of UTI, urine ... WBCs, or urine ... → Urine culture ... for renal biopsy ... #blood #urine
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... broad - Advanced kidney ... disease Red blood ... Glomerulonephritis White blood ... tubulointerstitial nephritis, renal
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones Acute Managment: • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids • Facilitating passage of stone:
Management of Pediatric ... Kidney Stones Acute ... Monitoring for extra-renal ... Stones #Management #Pediatrics ... #nephrology #nephrolithiasis
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Type 1 Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
Distal Renal Tubular ... Totally scuppers the kidney's ... diagnosis with direct urine ... Failure to acidify urine ... Diagnosis #Management #Nephrology
NSAIDS and their effects on the Kidney - Pathophysiology Arachidonic Acid metabolites into alternative pathways that modify
effects on the Kidney ... and decreased renal ... blood flow: Pre ... Nephritis Necrosis of kidney ... KidneyDisease #nephrology
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis • Kidney loss of Cl-
alkalosis • Kidney ... Cl- outside the kidneys ... • Normal/low blood ... high in kidney ... #Algorithm #nephrology
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
differentiating kidney ... A urine K/Cr ratio ... suggests extra-renal ... • Diarrhea A urine ... losses: • High Blood
Gitelman Syndrome - Diagnosis and Workup Blood Work: - Hypokalemia - Hypomagnesemia - Metabolic Alkalosis - Elevated
Diagnosis and Workup Blood ... Elevated Renin Urine ... autosomal dominant kidney ... Ultrasound - No ... Diagnosis #Workup #nephrology
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