Nephro/ Endo Flashcards
Mesangial deposits
Normal c3
IgA nephropathy
Sub epithelial humps
PSGN
Low C3
Increase ASO titer
PSGN
Sudden onset of gross or microscopic hematuria with unilateral or bilateral flank mass
Renal vein thrombosis
Triad of thrombocytopenia, anemia and renal dysfunction
Hus
Autosomal recessive
PKD- fibrocystin gene
Polycystic kidney disease
Low set ears, micrognathia, flat nose, limb positioning defects, growth deficiency, HTN, hyponatremia, impaired renal function/ renal agenesis, hepatic fibrosis
Potter syndrome/ sequence –> deformity
Virus in drug induced cystitis
Polyoma BK virus
+ leukocytes
- urine culture
Sterile pyuria
Culture count in UTU
> 100,000 colonies in a single pathogen or >10,000 in a symptomatic pt
Define presumed UTI in a bag sample from a symptomatic patient
Colony count >100,000
Positive culture for UTI
> 50,000 catheter
100,000 clean catch
1,000 suprapubic
Upper limit of normal protein excretion
150mg/d
Nephrotic disease with T cell dysfunction which appear normal on light microscope
E/M effacement of foot process
Minimal change disease
Major complication of nephrotic syndrome
Infection-
Strep pneumoniae
E coli