Pyelonephritis Flashcards

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symptoms of pyelonephritis

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loin pain
fevers
rigors
vomiing

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investigations for pyelonephritis

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FBC
U+E
glucose
blood cultures
MSU
urinalysis
plain AXR
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further management of pyelonephritis

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IV access
IV fluids
antiemetics
analgesia
IV broad spectrum antibiotics (gentamicin, cefuroxime)

USS of KUB
IVU
MC+S

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what is pyelonephritis

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infective condition of the kidney. can be acute/chronic

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chronic pyelonephritis

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‘reflux nephropathy’
principally caused by chronic vesicoureteric reflux
abnormalities of the uterus which results in retrograde urinary regurgitation thorough the vesicoureteric junction

kidneys become scarred, atrophic and have classically blunted calyces

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