Mod 2 Flashcards
Exam 1- Lec 2
Glomerulonephritis
Glomerulonephritis is inflammation of glomeruli and of the small blood vessels in the kidney
Basic causes of inflammation of glomeruli?
Primary glomerular injury
Secondary glomerular injury
Primary glomerular injury
isolated to the kidney
Secondary glomerular injury
systemic disease (eg; drugs, DM, HTN, toxins, SLE, HF, HIV)
What is the main component of Glomerulonephritis?
Immune mechanisms are main component
Immune mechanisms that are main component include to glomerulonephritis:
Antigen-antibody complexes, activated inflammatory response
Complement activation, WBC recruitment, activated platelets, cytokine release _ injury to GBM
Increased glomerular membrane permeability leads to what?
Increased glomerular mem permeability –> proteins & RBCs escape into urine
What happens to bowman’s capsule in glomerulonephritis?
Swelling and cell proliferation in Bowman’s space
Immune mechanisms that are main component lead to:
Result: injury to the glomerulus
Risk factors that lead to glomerulonephritis: What is the most common?
Streptococcal infection, typically precedes (most common)
Risk factors that lead to glomerulonephritis: Who does it effect the most?
It affects children between the ages of 3 to 7 years, especially boys
Risk factors that lead to glomerulonephritis: what other bacterial infections?
Staphylococcus, Pneumococcus, varicella
Risk factors that lead to glomerulonephritis: What other problems?
Immunodeficiency
Inflammatory DX ~ SLE
Risk factors that lead to glomerulonephritis: Use of what would increase glomerulonephritis?
Meds (eg NSAIDs)
Complications related to glomerulonephritis include?
CKD & renal failure, leading cause
Clinical Manifestations: How does glomerulonephritis appear? Sudden or gradual?
Sudden or gradual
Clinical Manifestations: What can occur before appearance of symptoms of glomerulonephritis?
Significant nephron function loss can occur before symptoms
Glomerulonephritis Clinical Manifestations: How can symptom appearance be?
Symptom presentation may be silent, mild, moderate or severe
Glomerulonephritis Clinical Manifestations: severe or progressive disease can lead to what symptoms?
Severe or progressive disease –> oliguria, htn, renal failure
Clinical Manifestations: What are two major symptoms of glomerulonephritis?
- Hematuria with red blood cell casts
- Proteinuria (foamy urine) exceeding 3 to 5 g/day with albumin (macroalbuminuria) as the major protein
Clinical Manifestations: How much protein must be in the urine for severe glomerulonephritis?
Proteinuria (foamy urine) exceeding 3 to 5 g/day with albumin (macroalbuminuria) as the major protein
Diagnosing glomerulonephritis includes what tests?
Urinalysis – proteinuria, rbcs, wbcs, casts
Renal biopsy – type of lesion, extent of renal injury
Reduced GFR
Diagnosing glomerulonephritis: Reduced GFR
Elevated plasma urea
Cystatin C in blood
Cystatin C
Biomarker of kidney function
Elevated creatinine concentration & reduced CrCl
high= kidney no functioning
Treatment for glomerulonephritis includes treating:
Edema – diuretics, dialysis, restrict Na & H2O intake, I &O, daily weight
High calorie, low protein diet
Abx – mgmt of underlying infection causing antigen-antibody response
Corticosteroids – suppress the inflammatory response, decrease Ab synthesis
Cytotoxic agents (cyclophosphamide) – suppress immune response
Anticoagulants – fibrin crescent formation
BP management ~ agents for HTN
What is used to treat edema in glomerulonephritis?
Edema – diuretics, dialysis, restrict Na & H2O intake, I &O, daily weight
What are antibiotics used for in glomerulonephritis?
Abx – mgmt of underlying infection causing antigen-antibody response
What are glucocorticoids used for in glomerulonephritis?
Corticosteroids – suppress the inflammatory response, decrease Ab synthesis
What are cytotoxic agents used for in glomerulonephritis treatment?
Cytotoxic agents (cyclophosphamide) – suppress immune response
What are anticoagulants used for in glomerulonephritis treatment?
Anticoagulants – fibrin crescent formation
Tetrad of manifestations of Nephrotic syndrome
- Proteinuria
- Hyperlipidemia (Dyslipidemia)
- Hypoalbuminemia
- Peripheral edema
What is the pathophysiology of nephrotic syndrome:
- Inflammation/damage of the glomerulus
- Proteins are able to pass to tubule (more permeable)
- Protein travels through tubule and becomes part of urine
- Protein loss is proteinuria w/wo hematuria
What types of proteins are lost in urine in nephrotic syndrome?
immunoglobulins
albumins
lipiduria
What would loss of protein lead to in nephrotic syndrome?
Edema-
Susceptibility to infection
Liver produces more cholesterol= hypercholesterolemia
Why would edema occur in nephrotic syndrome?
Hypoproteinemia would lead to reduced oncotic pressure. Water and electrolytes move to interstitial space. There are no solutes to hold the water and electrolytes in the vascular compartment.
NephrITIC syndrome
Nephritic syndrome is hematuria and red blood cell casts in the urine.
Basic function of the kidney:
- Water, electrolyte, acid-basis homeostasis
- Excretion of nitrogenous metabolic wastes: urea, uric acid, creatinine
- Detoxifying drugs, toxins, & their metabolites
- Regulation of ECF & blood pressure: RAAS, renal prostaglandins, sodium & fluid balance
- Secretion of erythropoietin to stimulate RBC production
- Endocrine control of Ca-PO4 metabolism (Vit D activation, PO4 excretion)
- Hormone catabolism: insulin, glucagon, PTH, calcitonin, gH
Renal insufficiency how is renal function, GFR, ScCr?
decline in renal fxn to ≈25% of normal, GFR <30 ml/min, & mildly elevated serum creatinine (SCr) and urea
Consequences of uremia:
Consequences: retention of toxic wastes, electrolyte disorders, deficiency states, immune activation proinflammatory state
End-stage kidney disease (ESRD):
<10% of kidney fxn remains
Uremia (uremic syndrome):
↑ blood Urea & Scr,
What does Uremia (uremic syndrome) lead to?
fatigue, anorexia, pruritis, n/v, neurologic sx
Azotemia:
What does it lead to for lab values
Accumulation of nitrogen waste.
↑ BUN & Creatine
Oliguria
Oliguria: urine flow < 400ml/day,
but UO may exceed this in AKI
Anuria:
complete cessation of urine flow is uncommon in AKI (<50cc/24hrs)
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Sudden decline in kidney function
What is the patho of Acute Kidney Disease?
Accumulation of nitrogenous waste products in blood due to reduced gf
How long does it take acute kidney disease to occur?
Occurs over a few hours to a few days
Acute Kidney Injury is permanent? What does it require?
Reversible, may require dialysis or progress to chronic
What are three classifications of Acute Kidney Injury?
3 classifications
(prerenal,
intrarenal,
postrenal)
Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) workgroup defines AKI as:
(having to do with SCr)
increase in SCr by 0.3 mg/dL or more within 48 hours
increase in SCr to 1.5x baseline or more within the past 7 days
Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) workgroup defines AKI as: (having to do with urine output)
Urine output less than 0.5 mL/kg/hour for 6 hours
Prerenal AKI Causes/Compensation:
Hypovolemia
Renal
Hypoperfusion/Renal Vasoconstriction
Systemic Vasodilation
Decreased Arterial Blood Volume (decreased cardiac output)
Intrarenal AKI Causes/Compensation:
Caused by
Glomerulopathies
Systemic disease/Type III Hypersensitivity
Hypercalcemia
Multiple myeloma
Acute tubular necrosis (most common)
What is the most common cause of Intrarenal AKI?
Acute tubular necrosis (most common)
Acute tubular necrosis- What is it and what happens?
Death of renal tubular epithelial cells
Membrane of tubular epithelium destroyed, cells slough off and plug the tubules.
Slide 22
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Post renal AKI
Obstructive uropathies
Neurogenic bladder
As the flow of urine obstructed, urine refluxes into the renal pelvis, results in impaired nephron function.
Post renal AKI: As flow of urine is obstructed, what happens?
As the flow of urine obstructed, urine refluxes into the renal pelvis, results in impaired nephron function.
Obstructive uropathies that cause postrenal AKI?
Obstructive uropathies:
BPH
Renal calculi
Bladder/prostate cancer
Blood clots
Tumors
What are characteristic findings of post renal AKI?
Characteristic finding: flank pain & anuria followed by polyuria
Post renal AKI: Prolonged mechanical obstruction leads to what?
Prolonged mechanical obstruction leads to tubular atrophy and irreversible kidney fibrosis
Postrenal AKI treatment includes:
Perform urinary catheterization
Prevent UTI.
Relieve obstruction
Treat reversible causes
Four phases of AKI:
- Onset phase
- Oliguric phase
- Diuretic phase
- Recovery phase
Four phases of AKI: Onset phase
Kidney injury occurs.
Four phases of AKI: Oliguric (anuric) phase:
Urine output decreases from renal tubule damage.