Diseases 2 Flashcards
Compression of left renal vein
Nutcracker syndrome
Normal spec gr of urine
1.015 - 1.025
Persistent hematuria
3 urinalysis every month with RBCs in the urine
Severe flank pain radiating to the groin
Renal colic from calculi
Drugs that can cause hematuria
ASA NSAIDS Penicillin Cyclophosphamide Topimarate
Latency period for post strep GN
1-2 wks after throat infection
3-6 wks after pyoderma
Laboratory to test carrier state
+ ASO throat culture
Confirms recent strep infection
Rising ab titer to strep antigen
Best single Ab titer to document skin infection
DNAse B antigen
Most common chronic glomerular disease worldwide
IgA Nephropathy
Recommended treatment for PSGN
10 day course of Penicillin (limit spread)
Potter facies
Polycystic Kidney Disease:
Low set ears, micrognathia, flat nose, limb defects
MCC of acute renal failure in young children
HUS
(Mc in
HUS Triad
Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
Thrombocytopenia
Uremia
What drugs could cause HUS
Oral contraceptives
Mitomycin
Cyclosporin
Pyran copolymer
Peripheral smear of px with HUS
Helmet cells
Burr cells
Fragmented RBCs
Upper limit of normal protein excretion in healthy children
~ 150 mg/day
Renal biopsy for proteinuria
Proteinuria > 1 g/day
HPN
Diminished renal function
Proteinuria in Nephrotic Syndrome
Heavy proteinuria ( 40 mg / m2/hr )
Hypoalbuminemia in Nephrotic Syndrome
Hypertension and gross hematuria in nephrotic syndrome
Uncommon
Major complication of nephrotic syndrome
Infection
Usual causes of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Strep pneumoniae
E. coli
T cells 1st detected in the thymus at what AOG
7th to 8th week