CHAPTER 34!! Flashcards
What is acute kidney injury ?
Rapid decrease in the renal function from days to weeks
What can acute kidney injury be caused by?
- Not enough blood supply to the kidney from trauma, illness or surgery
-Progressing renal disease
What are signs and symptoms of acute kidney injury?
-Seizures and coma
-anorexia
-nausea
-vomiting
-fluid and electrolyte disorder
-Acid-base disorder develop
What is pre-renal acute kidney injury?
Issue that happens before your kidney which can affect the way your kidney works
What factors can cause pre renal acute kidney failure?
-Liver disease
-Volume depletion (dehydration, sepsis, diarrhea)
-cardiovascular disease (heart failure, caardiogenic shock)
What are signs and symptoms of pre-renal acute kidney injury?
-Oliguria
-Weight gain
-Peripheral edema
-Uremia (urea in blood0
What is Intrarenal acute kidney injury ?
When structures within the kidney are damaged
-blood vessels, glomeruli, tubules, interstituim
What can intrarenal acute kidney failure be cause by?
-Acute tubular necrosis
-Acute glomerulonephritis
-Acute pyelonephritis
-nephrotoxins (drugs that harm kidneys)
What the signs and symptoms of intrarenal acute kidney injury?
-Edema
-Proteinuria
-possibly rash
What is acute tubular necrosis?
Damage to tubular and dysfunction resulting in renal ischemia
What can cause acute tubular necrosis?
-HYPOTENSION
-NEPHROTOXIC DRUGS
-INTRATUBULAR OBSTRUCTION FROM HEMOGLOBINURIA
if hemoglobin rises too high, then hemoglobin begins to appear in urine
-Myoglobinuria
-Myeloma
What are sigs and symptoms of Acute tubular necrosis ?
Usually asymptomatic
What is post-renal
After your kidneys are done cleaning the blood and making urine, something is stopping the urine from leaving your body
What can post renal be caused by?
-Hyperplasia of prostate(enlarge prostate
-Renal calculi ( Kidney stones)
What are signs and symptoms of post renal ?
-Abdominal or groin pain
-Anuria
-Mass at flank or abdomen
-hematuria,pyruia,sediment