Pyelonephritis Flashcards
1
Q
What is it
A
inflammation of the kidney resulting from bacterial infection.
2
Q
What are risk factors?
A
Female sex
Structural urological abnormalities
Vesico-ureteric reflux (urine refluxing from the bladder to the ureters – usually in children)
Diabetes
3
Q
What is the most common causative organism?
A
E.coli
4
Q
What is presentation?
A
LUTS
Fever
Loin/back pain
N&V
5
Q
What are complications of chronic pyelonephritis
A
Scarring of renal parenchyma leading to CKD
6
Q
What investigation would you perform in chronic pyelonephritis?
A
DMSA scan
Taken up by healthy kidney tissue
