Kidney Disease Flashcards
What is AKI
AKI causes
NSAIDs on renal blood flow + renal function
ACEi/ARBs on renal blood flow + renal function
What is CKD?
Difference between CKD + AKI
How to measure renal function?
Causes of CKD
Consequences of renal impairment
How does renal anaemia come about in renal impairment?
How does renal osteodystrophy come about in renal impairment?
Signs + symptoms of CKD
Factors causing progression of CKD
Explain the management of CKD (aims and limiting disease progression)
How to treat renal anaemia
How to treat renal bone disease?
How to treat CVS disease?
Types of RRTs
Describe the vicious circle of progression of CKD to ESRD, and how control of blood pressure delays this process (renoprotective effects of ACEIs and others)
