10.6.2013(pediatrics)33 Flashcards
Mutation in dent disease
CLCN5(it encodes a proximal tubule Cl- channel)
Mode of inheritance of dent disease
X linked recessive
Diseases caused by CLCN5 defect
X linked recessive nephrolithiasis
X linked recessive hypophosphatemic rickets
Japanese idiopathic low molecular weight proteinuria
Dents disease
Most common cause of respiratory failure in CF
Pseudomonas
Initial infection in CF pts
Non mucoid strains of pseudomonas
Most prevalent early pathogens in CF
H.influenzae
Pseudomonas
S.aureus
Cepacia syndrome is caused by
B.multivorans
B.cenocapacia
Cepacia syndrome
Fever
Uncontrolled bronchopneumonia
Weight loss
Death
CFTR is located on
Chr7q
Types of CFTR mutation
Class 1: No protein synthesis Class 2: impaired mRNA processing Class 3: defective regulation Class 4: reduced conduction Class 5: defective protein function
Class of deltaF508 mutation
Class 2
GIT effects of CF
Distal intestinal obstruction
Meconium illeus
Reproductive effects of CF
Azoospermia
B/L absence of vas deferens
Definition of steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome
2mg/kg/day of prednisolone for 4 wks,no remission
Remission in nephrotic syndrome
Urine albumin nil or trace for 3 consecutive days