2009 module exam Flashcards
Midway between transpyloric plane and intertubercular planes
Lower pole
5 cm from midline on L1 vertebra spinous process
Hilum of kidney
Surgery of the posterior surface of the kidney may affect
Ilioinguinal nerve
A 25-year-old female with UTI. What is the disposing factor?
Short urethra
Which acts as a physical barrier?
Lamina densa of basal lamina
What establish the gradient of hypertonicity?
Loop of henle
What forms the macula densa?
DCT
What is the Renal Blood Flow if RPF = 600, and plasma is 60%
1000 ml
What is RPF when creatinine clearance is 90 and normal FF?
450 ml
Podocytes are derived from which layer?
Visceral epithelial layer
What is mesangial contraction decrease?
Surface area
What normally don’t affect filtration?
Hydrolic conduction
Clearance of a substance calculation with Tm for secretion Q
30
What does fractional excretion above 1 indicate?
Substance filtered and secreted
A patient with lung crackles, dyspnea, chest pain, low blood pressure, heart sound S3 is heard. Creatinine levels were 190. What do we do next?
Urine Na+ level
A patient ingested ethylene glycol
Necrosis of proximal tubules (nephrotoxic ATN)
A patient with traffic accident developed hemorrhage and shock
Renal cortical necrosis
A patient with severe dehydration
Necrosis of any part of the nephron (ischemic ATN)
A patient with 3 days history of antibiotic usage
Eosinophils infiltration (hypersensitivy interstitial nephritis)
A patient with 10 years of NSAIDs usage developed
Lymphocytic infiltration (analgesic nephropathy)
Another question on analgesic nephropathy: associated with?
Lymphocytic infiltration
NSAIDs can cause nephrotoxicity and acute renal failure by:
Alteration of intraglomerular dynamics
Which drug is associated with ARF with renal artery stenosis?
Captopril
Which drug causes ATN with hepatic failure?
Acetaminophen
Endogenous immune complex
Membranous GN (doctor 9ala7 ygoul this is the answer, even though kan ako bele5tiyarat “cresentic GN” elle ehya elmfroo’9 tkon elejaba el9a7 la2ana anti-GBM disease ohwa eljawab, bs I don’t know lil amana :/)
A 7-year-old child with nephrotic syndrome and normal histology
Fusion of foot cell processes
Foot process fusion
Minimal change disease
Pathogenesis of membranous GN
Complement activation
What is a characteristic of diabetic glomerulosclerosis?
Kimmelstein Wilson lesion
Deposition of C3 in peripheral GBM as humps
Post-infectious GN
A patient with mesangial and endocapillary proliferation
Lupus nephritis
What is mostly seen in post infectious GN?
Neutrophilic infiltration in capillary loops
What is the most common risk factor of ESRD in Kuwait?
Diabetes
What is the Relative Risk of CVD deaths due to dialysis in ESRD?
> 10
Which of the following occur in PCT?
80% reabsorption of HCO3-
What is the mechanism of reabsorption of HCO3- in PCT S1?
Na-H exchanger
Paracellular reabsorption of solutes in water
Solvent drag
A patient increased his Na+ intake by 140 mEq/L. What is supposed to happen?
Increase water intake by 1 Kg
A patient with low RBF, slightly changed GFR and increased FF. what is the cause?
Angiotensin II