Acute Renal Failure CIS Flashcards
aleve
NSAID
elevated creatinine
represent renal failure**
creatinine represents
GFR
acute kidney injury
acute renal failure
- 50% increased in serum Cr
- increase in serum Cr - 0.3
- reduction in urine output less than 0.5 longer than 6 hours
acute or chronic kidney problem?
- sediment
- kidney size
- compare previous Cr
acute sediment
active - casts
chronic sediment
bland
acute kidney size
normal
chronic kidney size
small and scarred
stigmata for chronic renal failure
- anemia
- hyperPTH
- A/V fistula
- hyperP
acute kidney injury
prerenal
renal
post renal
renal causes of acute kidney
ischemia toxic glomerulonephritis acute interstitial nephritis renovascular obstruction
endogenous toxins
cause AKI > renal > toxic
-Mg, Hg, light chain, calcium, uric acid
hyaline casts
prerenal AKI**
muddy brown casts
intrarenal tubular cell injury
-ATN** - acute tubular necrosis
epithelial casts
eosinophils
intrarenal - interstitial nephritis
RBC casts
glomerularnephritis AKI
FeNa
urine Na x plasma Cr x 100 / plasma Na x Urine Cr
pre-renal FeNa
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