Kidney Flashcards
What are some signs of nephrotic syndrome?
Heavy albuminuria
Hypoalbuminemia
Severe edema
Lipiduria
Signs of Nephritic syndrom?
Hematuria
Oliguria
Hypertension
Proteinuria
Who gets Minimal Change Disease
Kids 1-7
Is MCD a Nephro or Nephri Disease?
Nephrotic
What kind of light microscopic changes are there
None, hence the name
What changes on EM in MCD?
Foot process, allow for proteinunria
Does MCD treatment work better on kids of adults?
kids
Who gets focal segmented glmerulosclerosis
Yound adults and kids who do drugs and get aids
Who gets post strep glomerulonephritis
Kids 3-14
What microbe and what symptoms in post-strep patients?
Group A Strep
Pharyngitis or Impetigo
Smoky brown urine
What is a micro feature of post strep?
Enlarged, hypercellular glomeruli
Who gets rapidly progressing or crescentic GN?
40-50 year olds
What is Good Pasture’s
An example of Crescentic GN
Anti-GBM
Linear deposit of IgG along GBM
Who gets berger’s disease
Kids/IgA
What is a risk factor for RCC?
Smoking