J de Zoysa Flashcards
What are the roles of the kidney?
Elimination of waste products
Control of fluid balance
Regulation of acid-base balance
Production of hormones - epo, vitamin D, aldostrone
Ho do you stage acute kidney injury?
Into 3 stages by serum creatinine or urine output. Can be either.
Stage 1: 1.5-1.9x baseline or an increase of >26 umol/L serum creatinine and urine output of <0.5 ml/kg/hr for 6-12 hours.
Stage 2: 2.2.0-2.9 x baseline serum creatinine or <0.5 ml/kg/or >12 hours
Stage 3: 3 x baseline, increase in Cr> 354 umol/L or Renal replacement therapy or <0.3 ml/kg/hr for >24 hours or anuria for >12 hours
What are the types of AKI?
Pre-renal
Renal
Post renal
What i the general approach to someone with AKI?
Identify those at high risk and optimise their care
Stop all nephrotoxic agents
assess and optimise volume status
Monitor creatinine and urine output.
Who is at risk of AKI?
Chronic kidney disease Age >75 Heart failure liver disease Cardiovasculardisease Diabees mellitus Polypharmacy
What meds need to be revised in AKI?
at are nephrotoxic, e.g. NSAIDs, gentamicin, anti-hypertve agents.
Meds that are renally excreted, e.g. hypoglycaemic agents
Ho do you assess the volume status of a patient?
Eyes sunken Dry mucus membranes Reduced tissue turgor JVP Oedema Heart sounds Listen t the lungs
What investigations would you do for someone with kidney?
Invasive and/ or non-invasive
Streptococcal serology
Viral serology
Bloods
Autoimmune tests
Imaging (ultrasound or CT) to look at structure of kidney and if there is any obstructions.
Renal biopsy - look at nephrons
What is chronic kidney disease AND how is it graded?
Exam
Abnormalities of kidney function or structure present for >3 months, with implications for health.
it is classified based on cause, GFR category and albuminuria category.
CKD 1: GFR >90 ml/min CKD 2: GFR 60- 90 ml/min CKD 3: GFR 30-60 ml/min CKD 4: GFR 15-30 ml/min CKD 5: GFR <15 ml/min
Albuminuria also applied:
A1: <3 mg/mmol
A2: 3-30 mg/mmol
A3: >30 mg/mmol
How do you measure GFR?
1) Clearance of artificially injected substances (inulin) - inject into the blood:
GFR = Vol of urine per time x con inulin in urine/ conc of inulin in the blood.
2) Creatinine clearance - 24 hour creatinine clearance
produced by creatin metaboliscles.
Creatinine clearance (24 hours) = urine creatinine X urine volume / plasma creatinine X time period.
Creatinine clearance depends on muscle mass Ixample, a small child and a body builder may have the same GFR by hugely different creatinine levels.
As kidney functions declines, the amount of kidney excreted in tubules increases and their is decreased muscle mass. This results in an ovresimation of GFR in patients nearing end-stage renal disease. Use a formula to take this into account. These account for gender and race.
What are the risk factors of CKI?
Age Sex (Men) Ethnicity (Maori and Pacific islander) Low income Obesity Smoking
What are the main causes of CKD?
Diabetic nephropathy
Glomerulonephritis (IgA nephropathy common)
Hypertension
Polycystic kidney disease
Why does CKD progress?
Either because of the primary disease or because of the secondary factors that develop. For example, if the cuase of CKD is diabetic nephropathy then you treat the diabetes but also the hypertension (systemic and intraglomerular hypertension), glomerular hypertrophy, calcium and phohatese, dislipidaemia, proteinuria, tubulo-interstitial fibrosis, toxicity of molecules that arent being removed (iron/amonia)
Must focus on both the primary and secondary factors.
95% of patients with CKD will develop hypertension
What do you do to help with hypertension?
Weight loss Exercise Salt restriction Moderation of alcohol Stop smoking Target of 140/80 mmHg or better
Drugs:
1) Induce naturesis (diuretics)
2) Renin: angiotensin (ACEi, Ang II receptor blockers, aldosterone antagonists)
3) SNS blockage - alpha blockers, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers
What is the issue with proteinuria in CKD?
It is a prognostic factor. Try to reduce it. Protein restriction.
It causes fibrosis in the nephrons and tubular injury.
Treat with: Weight loss ACEi/AIIRB Aldosterone antagonists Statins Moderate protein restriction BP <125/70 mmHg Quit smoking
What happens to phosphate and calcium in CKD?
It is increased (deposited) in the kidney. This is also associated with deterioration of disease.
limit phosphate in the diet. Give phosphate binders - calcium carbonate
What else do you need to do for patients with CKD?
Calcium and phosphate maintanence. Maintain the patients water balance. Maintain endocrine function: EPO, vitamin D, angiotensin maintain electrolites. Maintain electrolyte balance Maintain acid balance
Patients typically develop metabolic acidosis due to lack of excretion
addition of oral sodium bicarbonate may be required.
Treat the uraemia: seen in CKD 4 and 5.
Uraemia causes loss of appetite, anorexia, nausea, skin itch, cold.
Neurology symptoms: fatigue and lethargy, sleep disturbances, headache, seizures, encephalopathy, peripheral neuropathy, paralysis.
Haematological issues: anaemia (because of reduced EPO), bleeding, platelet dysfunction, infection
Cardiac symptoms: pericarditis, hypertension, heart failure, IHD, cardiomyopathy, CVA, PVD
Depression, anxiey
Due to multiple toxins not excreted.
No single treatment.
Correct the abnormalities - Hb, Calcium/phosphate, other electrolytes, acid/base balance, volume, renal replacement therapy
What is renal replacement therapy?
Dialysis - perotoneal, haemodialysis
Renal transplant - cadaveric or living
What is the main difference in electrolytres between ECF and ICF?
More K+ in the cell and less Na - maintained by sodium potassium ATPases
What is molarity?
The number of Moles per litre of fluid:
1 mole = 6.022x10^23
What is the osmotic concentration?
The solute concentration - number of osmols per litre of solution.
Tightly regulated by the balance of salt and water.
Hyperosmolarity is defined as too much cation and too little water
Hyposmolarity is defined as too little cation and to much water.
What is tonicity?
It refers to what happens to cells in a solution.
Where is ADH made and secreted, when is it produced and what does it do?
Made in the hypothalamus and secreted from the pituitary.
Acts on the distal convoluted tubules and collecting ducts.
There is increased production if BP falls (ANG II) or osmolarity increases (osmoreceptors).
It increases BP and reduces osmolarity
What are the features of aldosterone?
Produced in the adrenal glans. Is an mineralocorticoid hormone.
Acts on the distal convoluted tubule and collecting duc.
Increases sodium absorption and potassium excretion.
Stimulated by potassium and angiotensin 2
Where do potasium sparing diuretcs act?
On the collecting duct.
What sort of diuiretic is furosemide?
A loop diuretic
Where do thiazide diuretcs act?
On the distal tubule.