Nephritic Syndrome

Question 1

What is Nephritic syndrome?

Answer 1

1. Haematuria: brown smokey coloured urine
2. Proteinuria not as much as 4.5g/day
3. Frothy urine
4. Hypertension 5. Uraemia

Question 2

What causes Nephritic Syndrome?

Answer 2

1. Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis
2. Cresentic Glomerulonephritis
3. IgA nephropathy
4. Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
5. Alport’s syndrome
6. Mesangiocapilliary GN
7. Mesangioproliferative GN

Question 3

What other conditions are related to Glomerulonephritis?

Answer 3

1. SLE
2. Polyarteritis Nodosa
3. Wegener’s granulomatosis
4. Endocarditis
5. Cryoglobulinaemia
6. Henoch Schonlein purpura

Question 4

Nephritic syndrome - Features?

Answer 4

Nephritic syndrome features:

PHARAOH

• Proteinuria
• Haematuria
• Azotaemia (elevated blood nitrogen levels)
• Red blood cell casts
• Anti-streptolysin O titres (ASOT) if post-streptococcal infection
• Oliguria (output <0.5ml/kg/hour)
• Hypertension

Question 5

Nephritic syndrome?

Answer 5

• Focal proliferative
• Diffuse proliferative

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