Lecture 9 Genitourinary Flashcards
Give me 4 organs of urinary system.
- Kidneys
- Ureters
- Urinary Bladder
- Urethra
Nephrons are the function units of the kidney.
Give me 3 indication of urine inspection.
- Colour
- Clarity
- Odour
Give me 7 urine investigation.
- Measuring GFR
(GFR = indication of renal function) - Urinalysis
- Concomitant blood test
- Imaging
- Endoscopy
- Renal biopsy
Give me 3 urine analysis.
- Macroscopic (Color and Clarity)
- Biochemical (pH, protein, glucose, ketones, nitrite, leukocyte)
- Microscopic (crystals, casts, squamous cells, WBC, RBC, bacteria )
Dipstick test.
Refer to the lecture
What is Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) (急性腎小管壞死)
Death of a significant number if tubule epithelial cells –> alters reabsorption and secretion –> leads to kidney impairment –> acute renal failure
Give me 4 Potential risk of ATN.
- renal ischemia
- Toxic chemical damage
- Immune attack
- Sepsis
What is Acute Renal Failure (ARF) ?
Sudden loss of kidney function
Give me 3 causes of acute renal failure (ARF).
- Pre-renal causes
- Intrarenal causes
- Postrenal causes
What is Pre-renal ARF?
Associate with alterations in renal blood flow.
1. Renal blood supply/ flow decrease / disruption –> tubular necrosis –> ARF
2. Occur in up stream of kidney
3. cause of kidney low perfusion
3.1 Trauma or major surgery
3.2 Heart disease with decrease cardiac output
3.3 Hypotension of any causes
3.4 Stenosis of renal arteries
3.5 Occlusion of small blood vessels with the kidney
What is Intrarenal ARF?
Associate with damage to kidney
Affect nephrons themselves as a result of diseases.
Give me 4 diseases of Intrarenal ARF.
- Glomerular disease
- Medullary disease
- Immune hypersensityivity disorder
- Toxic chemicals
Give me 3 common cause of Post-renal ARF.
- Nephrolithiasis
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Tumor
Give me 3 manifestations of ARF.
- Oliguria/ Anuria: Sudden drop or a complete cessation of urine production
- Anzotaemia: Raise level of nitrogenous waste compounds and creatine in the blood
3.Ureamia
Give me 6 general Sign and symptom of ARF.
- HTN
- Oedema
- Hyperkalaemia
- Malaise
- Anorexia, weight loss
- Pruritus
Give me 2 long standing disease affecting the kidney.
- Chronic glomerular disease
- Chronic medullary disease
Give me 3 chronic renal failure associate with.
- DM
- Hypertension
- Polycystic kidney disease
What is Chronic renal failure?
- End-stage renal disease.
- From long-term progressive and permanent loss of nephrons.
- More than 80% loss of nephron function
- No possibility of nephron recovery
- Regular dialysis or kidney transplant
What is Glomerulonephritis (GN)?
- Inflammation of glomeruli
- Glomerular injury
How to classified Glomerulonephritis based on histopathological appearances?
Renal biopsy
Give me 4 S&S of Nephritic Syndrome (腎炎綜合徵)
- Haematuria
- Oliguria, oedema
- Azotaemia
- Hypertension
Give me 4 S&S of Nephrotic Syndrome. (腎病症候群).)
- Massive proteinuria
- Hypoalbuminaemia
- Oedema
- Hyperlipidaemia
What is IgA nephropathy?
- Most common type of GN
- Most common in 2nd and 3rd decade and males.
- Frequently preceded by an URTI or GI infection.
Give me 2 signs and symptoms of IgA nephropathy.
- Haematuria is main and earliest sign.
- HTN
- Proteinuria is a late feature
Give me possible management of IgA nephropathy.
- No specific treatment
- Control blood pressure to prevent or decelerate progressive renal disease.
- High dose corticosteroid
What is Post-streptococcal GN?
- Most common type of post- infection GN.
- Most common in children
- Follows a streptococcal infection (Sore throat, skin infection, otitis media)