ASN QBank Pearls - Potassium, Acid Base, Tubulointerstitial Disorders, and Nephrolithiasis Flashcards
- low PRA (plasma renin activity)
- high PAC (plasma aldosterone concentration)
- aldosterone synthesis independent of renin levels
primary aldosteronism
- low PRA
- high PAC
- high urine free cortisol/cortisone ratio
- high ACTH
- AD
- cortisol-producing zona fasciculata defect d/t promoter fusion causing ACTH dependent activation of aldosterone synthase on cortisol precursors
glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism
- young female with HTN and hypokalemia
- family h/o early onset HTN and hemorrhagic stroke
- urinary K+ wasting
- increased urinary excretion of aldosterone and 18-OH cortisol during salt loading
tratamento =spironolactone and dexamethasone
- low PRA
- high PAC
- mass > 5 cm
adrenal Ca
- high PRA
- high PAC
- unregulated synthesis
renin-secreting tumor
- high PRA
- high PAC
- atherosclerosis
- hypoxia-induced
renovascular HTN
- low/normal PRA
- low/normal PAC
- high cortisol
- high urine free cortisol/cortisone ratio
- excess cortisol production
Cushing disease
- low/normal PRA
- low/normal PAC
- high cortisol
- high urine free cortisol/cortisone ratio
- mutation of 11-BHSD2
syndrome of apparent mineralocorticoid excess (SAME)
causes
- can be inherited
- can be acquired;
- black European licorice (glycyrrhizic acid)
- itraconazole
- ectopic ACTH
- grapefruit
- low/normal PRA
- low/normal PAC
- low/normal cortisol
- low/normal urine free cortisol/cortisone ratio
- hypokalemia
- AD
- ENaC gain of function mutation
Liddle syndrome
- low/normal PRA
- low/normal PAC
- low/normal cortisol
- low/normal urine free cortisol/cortisone ratio
- worse w/ pregnancy and spironolactone
mineralocorticoid receptor gain of function mutation (Geller’s syndrome)
- severe HTN with metabolic alkalosis and hypokalemia
- young women during the second and third trimester of pregnancy
mineralocorticoid corticoid receptor mutation (Geller’s syndrome)
MR 810 mutation is activated by what medication, thereby worsening hypertension and hypokalemia
spironolactone
treatment of mineralocorticoid corticoid receptor mutation (Geller’s syndrome)
- often requires delivery
- subsequent management includes avoidance of spironolactone
hyperemic optic disks and putamen swelling are suggestive of
methanol intoxication
changes in mentation as a result of methanol are present w/i the first 6-24 hours but can be the only abnormality for as long as 72-96 hours if patients have also ingested, what?
ethanol (competes for ADH)
methanol metabolite
formic acid
- changes in mentation
- HAGMA
- large osmolal gap
- less likely to have cerebral edema
ethylene glycol toxicity
- ketoacidosis (typically after patient stops drinking)
- usually small osmolal gap
ethanol toxicity
solvent used for lorazepam, diazepam, and phenobarbital
propylene glycol
- large osmolal gap
- HAGMA
- AKI
- can progress to multisystem organ failure, if severe
- usually a/w dosages above the recommended range of 0.1 mg/kg/hr and/or renal impairment
propylene glycol toxicity
- HTN at young age
- CVA at young age
- low aldosterone level
- hypokalemia
- metabolic alkalosis
Liddle’s syndrome
- hypokalemia
- normo- or hypotension
Bartter’s or Gitelman’s syndromes
- hyperkalemia
- HTN
- metabolic acidosis
Gordon’s syndrome (pseudohypoaldosteronism type 2)
- if metabolic acidosis, compensation should be what?- - calculation
- respiratory alkalosis
- ∆CO2 = ∆HCO3 x 1.2
- if metabolic alkalosis, compensation should be what?
- calculation
- respiratory acidosis
- ∆CO2 = ∆HCO3 x 0.6
- ACUTE respiratory acidosis, compensation should be what?
- calculation
- metabolic alkalosis
- ∆HCO3 = ∆CO2 x 0.1
- CHRONIC respiratory acidosis, compensation should be what?
- calculation
- metabolic alkalosis
- ∆HCO3 = ∆CO2 x 0.3
- ACUTE respiratory alkalosis, compensation should be what?
- calculation
- metabolic acidosis
- ∆HCO3 = ∆CO2 x 0.2
- CHRONIC respiratory alkalosis, compensation should be what?
- calculation
- metabolic acidosis
- ∆HCO3 = ∆CO2 x 0.5
Winter’s formula
PCO2 = 1.5 x [HCO3] +8 +/- 2
- large osmolal gap
- normal anion gap (unless hypotension leads to lactic acidosis)
- ketonemia
- ketonuria
isopropyl alcohol toxicity
major metabolite of isopropyl alcohol
acetone
reason for ketonemia and ketonuria in isopropyl alcohol toxicity
major metabolites of isopropyl alcohol is acetone
when is hemodialysis indicated in isopropyl alcohol toxicity
- severe coma
- hypotension, or
- serum isopropanol levels > 200 mg/dL
what is NOT indicated for isopropyl alcohol toxicity?
- ADH inhibition with fomepizole or ethanol
- weight loss drug
- hyperoxaluria
orlistat
heavy metal a/w battery plant
cadmium
heavy metals a/w foundry
beryllium and lead
- heavy metal
- bone disease
- stones
- HTN
- CKD (chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis with non-nephritic proteinuria and a bland urine sediment)
cadmium
- gout
- HTN
- CKD (chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis with non-nephritic proteinuria and a bland urine sediment)
lead toxicity
Chinese herb may have this and it is nephrotoxic and leads to CKD (chronic interstitial nephritis)
aristolochic acid
patients exposed to this have a lifelong risk of transitional cell carcinoma especially after transplantation, where it may occur in > 30%
aristolochic acid
what is recommended to be considered prior to transplant in patients with aristolochic acid nephropathy
bilateral nephrectomy
- recently described rejection episode requiring an increase in immunosuppression
- hemorrhagic cystitis
- allograft dysfunction
BK viremia
fruit a/w oxalate nephropathy, especially in patients with pre-existing CKD
star fruit
ephedra adverse effects
- HTN
- stones
- normal UA
- normal renal function
- hypokalemia
- metabolic alkalosis
- HTN
- what syndrome does this patient have?
- what is the cause?
- apparent mineralocorticoid excess syndrome (AMES)
- glycyrrhizic acid from herbal products
noni juice can cause
hyperkalemia
- nephrotic range proteinuria 2/2 MCD
- minimal evidence of eosinophilia, rash, or fever
NSAIDs
lead is a cation that affects what part of the nephron
organic cation transport (OCT) system in the proximal tubule
cadmium affects what part of the nephron
proximal tubule
gold causes
nephrotic syndrome from membranous disease
platinum causes
ATN through both apoptosis and necrosis, especially in the proximal tubule
calcium oxalate stone risk factors
- hypercalciuria
- increased salt intake
- hypocitraturia
- high sulfate and low urine
- bariatric surgery (enteric hyperoxaluria)
major base in urine
citrate
best marker for dietary acid intake
sulfate excretion