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Kidney stones Flashcards

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Kidney stones can lead to severe complications such as

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  1. hydronephrosis
  2. pyelonephritis
  3. SCC
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Kidney stones - symptoms

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  1. unilateral flank tenderness
  2. colicky pain
  3. pain radiating to groin
  4. hematuria (no casts)
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Kidney stones - treat and prevent

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encourage fluid intake

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MC kidney stone presentation

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calcium oxalate stone in patient with hypercalcemia or normocalcemia
Calcium stones MC (80%) –> calcium oxalate more common than calcium phosphate

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Kidney stones - contain

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  1. Caclium (calcium oxalate, caclicum phosphate)
  2. Ammonium magnesium phosphate
  3. Uric acid
  4. Cystine
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kidney Caclium stones - types

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  1. calcium oxalate

2. calcium phosphate

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calcium oxalate vs calcium phosphate according to precipitation

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calcium oxalate –> low pH

calcium phosphate –> high pH

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calcium oxalate vs calcium phosphate according to x-ray findings

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calcium oxalate –> radiopaque

calcium phosphate –> radiopaque

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calcium oxalate vs calcium phosphate according to CT findings

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calcium oxalate –> radiopaque

calcium phosphate –> radiopaque

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calcium oxalate vs calcium phosphate according to urine crystals

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calcium oxalate –> shape like envelope or dumbbell

calcium phosphate –> wedge-shaped prism

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Calcium oxalate stones are precipitated by (beside low ph)

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  1. ethylene glycol (antifreeze) ingestion
  2. vitamin C abuse
  3. malabsorption (Crohn disease)
  4. hypocitraturia –> low ph
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kidney calcium stone treatment

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calcium oxalate –> thiazides, citrate, low-sodium diet

calcium phosphate –> thiazides

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Ammonium magnesium phosphate stones are precipitated by

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high ph

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Ammonium magnesium phosphate stones on CT and on X-ray

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Radiopaque in both

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Ammonium magnesium phosphate stones - urine cristal

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coffin lid

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Ammonium magnesium phosphate stones are AKA

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sturvite

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Ammonium magnesium phosphate stones (sturvite) (frequency)

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15% of stones

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Ammonium magnesium phosphate stone (sturvite) are caused by

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infection with urease + bugs (eg. Proteus mirabilis, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Klebsiella) that hydrolize urea to ammonia –> urina alkalization

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Ammonium magnesium phosphate stone (sturvite) commonly form

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staghorn calculi

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staghorn calculi is a

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large stone that takes up more than one branch of the collecting system in the renal pelvis of the kidney.

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Ammonium magnesium phosphate stones (sturvite) - treatment

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  1. eradication of underling infection

2. surgical removal of stone

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Urease + organisms

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  1. proteus
  2. cryptococcus
  3. H. pyloru
  4. Ureoplasma
  5. Nocardia
  6. Klebsiella
  7. S. epidermidis
  8. S. saprophiticus
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Uric acid stones are precipitates in

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low ph

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Uric acid stones on CT and on X-ray

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X-ray –> radiolucent
CT –> minimally visible
BUT VISIBLE ON US

25
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Uric acid stones - urine crystals

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rhomboid or rosettes

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Uric acid stones - frequency

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5% of all stones

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Uric acid stones - visible on

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US

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Uric acid stones - risk factors

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  1. low urine volume
  2. arid climates
  3. acidic ph
  4. strong association with hyperuricemia
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Uric acid stones - strong association with

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hyperuricemia

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Uric acid stones often seen in disease with

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high turn over (eg. leukemia)

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Uric acid stones - treatment

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  1. urine alkalization

2. allopurinol

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Cystine stones are precipitated by

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low ph

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Cystine stones on X-ray and CT

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X-ray –> radiolucent

CT –> visible

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Cystine stones - urine crystal

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hexagonal

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causes of Cystine stones

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Hereditary (AR) condition in which Cystine -reabsorbing PCT transporter loses function causing cysteinuria (also poor reabsorption of ornithine, lysine, arginine) –> cystine is poorly soluble, thus stones form in urine
(mneomnic: COLA: Cystine, Ornithine, Lysine, Arginine)

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Cystine stones - age

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usually begins in childhood

37
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Cystine stones can form

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staghorn calculi

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Cystine stones - diagnosis

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(+) sodium cyanide nitroprusside test

39
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Cystine stones - treatment

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  1. low sodium diet
  2. alkalinization of urine
  3. chelating agents if refractory
40
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kidney stones - types/precipitating factors/x-ray/CT

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  1. calcium oxalate –> low ph, radiopaque in both
  2. caclicum phosphate –> high ph, radiopaque in both
  3. Ammonium magnesium phosphate, high ph, radiopaque in both
  4. Uric acid –> low ph, radiolucent in x-ray, minimally vissible in CT
  5. Cystine –> low ph, radiolucent in xray, sometimes vissuble in CT
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kidney stones - types and urine crystals

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  1. Calcium oxalate –> shaped like envelope or dumbbell
  2. Caclicum phosphate –> wedge-shaped prism
  3. Ammonium magnesium phosphate –> coffin lid
  4. Uric acid –> Rhomboid or rosettes
  5. Cystine –> hexagonal
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Urinary incontinence - types

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  1. Stress incontinence
  2. Urgency incontinence
  3. Mixed incontinence
  4. Overflow incontinence
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urinary Stress incontinence - mechanism

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Outlet incompetence (urethral hypermodility or intrinsic sphincteric deficiency –> leak with high intra-abdominal pressure (eg. sneezing, lifting)

44
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urinary Stress incontinence - increased risk with

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obesity
vaginal delivery
prostate surgery

45
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urinary Stress incontinence - diagnosis

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(+) bladder stress test –> directly observed leakage from urethral upon coughing or Valsvava maneuver)

46
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urinary Stress incontinence - treatment

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  1. pelvic floor muscle strengthening (Kegel) exercise
  2. weight loss
  3. pessaries ( a plastic device inserted into the vagina)
47
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urinary Urgency incontinence - mechanism

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Overactive bladder (detrusor instability) –> leak with urge to void immediately

48
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urinary Urgency incontinence - treatment

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  1. pelvic floor muscle strengthening (Kegel) exercise
  2. bladder training (timed voiding, distraction and relaxation techniques)
  3. antimuscarinics
49
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urinary Mixed incontinence - mechanism

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features of both stress and urgency incontinence

50
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Overflow incontinence - mechanism

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incomplete emptying (detrusor underactivity - weak to emoty the bladder or outlet obstruction) –> leak with overfilling –> increased postvoid residual (urinary retention) on cathetirization or ultrasound

51
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Overflow incontinence - treatment

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catherterization
relieve obstruction (α-blockers for BPH)

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