Exam 2: Renal and Urinary Tract Diseases Flashcards
Most common outpatient infection?
UTIs
-with a lifetime incidence of 50−60% in adult women
-Men start getting UTIs as they age.
UTIs can lead to pregnancy complications and about 10% of UTI lead to complications such as…
sepsis and pyelonephritis
Most common etiologic agent of UTIs?
E. coli
Main symptom of UTIs?
painful urination
lower urinary tract via the urethra and ascend the urinary tract
Ascending UTI
can arise through infections in the bloodstream seeding the kidney with organisms deposited in the upper urinary tract and descend the urinary tract.
Descending UTI
What are the typical findings associated with UTIs?
-increased neutrophils,
-presence of bacteria
-positive leukocyte esterase)
positive nitrite
infection of the kidney/ureters.
Rapid onset, urinary frequency, burning, lower back pain
Pyelonephritis
Pyelonephritis urinalysis is similar to cystitis with what three exceptions?
-protein often positive in pyelonephritis
-pyelonephritis has presence of WBC casts*
-presence of renal epithelial cells rather than transitional epithelial cells*
Most common cause of chronic pyelonephritis?
congenital structural defects
-long standing kidney infection
-can be caused by inflammation that occurs repeatedly that permanently damages the kidney and can lead to end-stage- renal disease.
Chronic pyelonephritis
chronic pyelonephritis is similar to pyelonephritis (blood, protein, WBCs) But increased…
protein, WBC, waxy and broad casts
absence of __________ may occur in later stages of chronic pyelonephritis.
bacteria
What are kidney stones called?
Calculi
Calculi are usually composed of ________but there are other kinds (e.g. uric acid)
calcium
-Fairly common. Patients will usually have blood in urine and in great pain
On UA, what is seen when calculi is present?
macro- and micro hematuria, maybe WBCs, crystals. pH can help determine type of crystal.
What are the common substances that form stones?
-Calcium oxalate (80%)
-Calcium phosphate
-Cystine
-Magnesium ammonium
-phosphate
-Uric acid
How common is CKD?
More than 1 in 7, that is 15% of US adults or 37 million people, are estimated to have CKD. As many as 9 in 10 adults with CKD do not know they have CKD.
How are changes in kidney function measured with hypertension?
-creatinine level, BUN (azotemia)
-May affect glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
-Protein on dipstick or positive microalbumin
Diabetes patients may have blood vessel damaged to the small vessels, the pt may develop ________.
edema
Kidney damage caused by diabetes can be detected by urinary…
-Protein and microalbuminuria
-creatinine level and BUN (azotemia)
-glomerular filtration rate (GFR) may be affected
Chronic kidney disease caused by obesity will have what changes?
-proteinuria
-decreased GFR
How does obesity cause CKD?
a compensatory hyperfiltration occurs to meet the heightened metabolic demands of the increased body weight. The increase in intraglomerular pressure can damage the kidneys and raise the risk of developing CKD in the long term.
What are the two regular screening tests used for patients with diabetes and/or hypertension?
-GFR or eGFR
-urine microalbumin
Kidney disease is present at a eGFR of ______.
less than or equal to 60 mL/min
assessed by comparing the amount of micro-albumin to the urine creatinine level in a single urine sample
Urine microalbumin
disease indicated with more than ___mg of albumin per gram of creatinine, with or without a decreased eGFR.
30
What is a key sign of nephritic syndrome/ inflammation of the glomeruli?
blood in urine
What is an important marker of nephrotic syndrome?
proteinuria
Damage to glomeruli resulting in massive proteinuria and edema.
nephrotic syndrome
Difference between nephritic syndrome and nephrotic syndrome?
major difference is blood in urine
Both have proteinuria, but higher in nephrotic. Nephritic can cause some edema, but much less than nephrotic.
True or False,
BUN/creatinine is decreased with glomerular diseases?
False, increased
Causes of glomerular diseases?
-immunological processes
-can be systemic or primary origin
-can be genetic or acquired
-acute or chronic
Nephrotic syndrome/nephrosis… a set of symptoms that happen together and affect your kidneys. These include:
-Swelling in legs, ankles, or around eyes (edema)
-Large amounts of protein in urine (proteinuria). Causes foamy urine.
-Loss of protein in blood
-High levels of fat lipids in blood (high cholesterol)
-High blood pressure (in some cases)
What are possible symptoms of nephrotic syndrome/nephrosis is advanced?
symptoms may be like those ofkidney failure. People may report fatigue, a poor appetite, headache, itchy skin, shortness of breath and/or nausea.
About a week after Group A streptococcal infection (strep throat), a few individuals create antibodies to a specific component of strep cells (Protein ____). The antibody-antigen complexes accumulate at the glomeruli.
M
How can diagnosis be made for Acute Poststreptococal Glomerulonephritis (AGN)?
Test for the antibody produced, Antistreptolysin O (ASO)
What are the expected lab results for AGN?
protein, LE, and blood positive
What is the prognosis of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis?
Spontaneous remission is rare, and 80 to 90% of untreated patients progress to end-stage renal disease within 6 months. Prognosis improves with early treatment.
Symptoms of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis arise after…
deposition of immune complexes from anti-glomerular membrane antibody (GBM), anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) or patient has lupus.
What is a characteristic shape/form in Bowman’s space associated with rapidly progressive GN?
crescents form
What are the typical lab results for rapidly progressive GN?
-Smoky colored urine, decrease in urine volume, edema.
-Urinalysis: protein, blood, WBCs, RBC casts
-Serologic testing available
-Visualization of crescents due to immune complex deposition but need a biopsy to visualize.
autoimmune disease caused by autoantibodies to collagen (antiglomerular basement membrane antibodies)
Goodpasteur syndrome
Looks like rapidly progressing and same poor prognosis, but here there is lung involvement so patient will have shortness of breath, cough, may cough up blood.
Goodpasteur syndrome