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Renal Flashcards

1
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Risk of Oxalate Stones

1) _______
2) ______

A

IBD (malabsorption)

Ethylene Glycol

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_____ syndrome that affects kidney + lung, attacks basement membrane leaving linear deposits (collagen IV target). Treated with_______

A

Good pastures syndrome

Steroid, DMARD, plasmapheresis

c-ANCA disease

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_____ is a disease affecting sino-pulm + kidney, cough, otitis, sinusitis, C-ANCA disease

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Wegners (Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis)

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_____ vasculitis, associated with HepB. Can be diagnosed with sural nerve biopsy

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polyarteritis nodosa

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______ causes painless hematuria among asians , proteinuria, elevated IgA

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Berger’s disease (IgA Nephropathy)

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6
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________ is a nephropathy primarily among children, causing purpura + joint pain

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HSP

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7
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PSGN characterized by perioribital edema, dark urine, and ____ complement

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Low (C3, IgG nephron deposits)

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8
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_____ associated with HepC, causes joint pain/purpuric lesion, ____ complement

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Low (C4)

Treatment: steroids useless since IgM disease

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9
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___ and ___ associated with FSGS

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HIV, Heroin use

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Weakly acid fast, filamentous, gram (+) bacteria that can cause endocarditis_____, treated with _____

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Nocardia , bacterim

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Branching, filamentous, anaerobe making yellow exudate following dental procedure______, treated with _____

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Actinomyces, penicillin

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12
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Wright/Hansel stain for eosinophils in the urine, eosinophilia, IgE level to test for _____

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Interstitial nephritis

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13
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Drugs causing interstitial nephritis

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penicillins, sulfa, rifampin, phenytoin, allopurinol, cyclosporin

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Treatment of child with pyelonephritis ________

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Gentamycin + Ampicillin, NOT Cipro/Levo, fluoroquinolone are age restricted , However there is an FDA indication to use them for children <18 years. Not exactly wrong.

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Age restriction for :

1) Nitrofurantoin______
2) Tetracycline______

A

Age 1

Age 7

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16
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During minimal change disease you have ____ C3/C4

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Normal ; proteinuria usually following an illness and self resolved

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Child age 2 - 8, presenting with limp and avascular necrosis of the femoral head _______

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Legg Calve Perthes

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18
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Child age 2 - 8, presenting with limp and avascular necrosis of the femoral head _______

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Legg Calve Perthes

Tx: Surgery after age 6

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Adolescent who is heavy, limping, externally rotated leg (posterior displacement)______

Tx: _____

A

SCFE

Surgical pinning

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_____ disease effects medium vessels, characterized by Conjunctivitis, strawberry tongue, oral erythema, swelling of hands/feet, cervical lymphadenitis, high ESR/CRP, massive thrombocytosis

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Kawasaki Disease

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21
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Treatment of Kawasaki Disease______, _____

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IVIG, Aspirin, but NO steroids

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22
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Prominent complication of Kawasaki disease

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Coronary artery aneurysm

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23
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A kid with Hyperactivity, constipation, growth delay suspicion for ______. Characterized by _____ on peripheral smear

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Lead poisoning

Basophillic stippling, microcytic anemia

24
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Chelation for lead poisoning indicated if Lead>_____

A

45

25
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Drugs that may cause AIN: Penicillin, sulfa, ______

Urine stain for diagnosed____

A

phenytoin, rifampin, allopurinol, cyclosporine, NSAID

Wright hansel: eosinophilia

26
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Treatment of good pasture’s

A

Steroids, plasmapheresis, linear anti-glomerular deposition pattern

27
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_____ is a granuloma less disease, that causes lung/renal involvement

A

Microscopic polyangitis

28
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_____ is a lung sparing disease that can be diagnosed with a sural nerve biopsy

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PAN

neuropathy, weight loss, fever, GI bleed, purpura (global symptoms)

29
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Painless recurrent hematuria in asians, in the context of recent viral illness ______

A

Bergers disease (IgA nephropathy)

For any kind of proteinuria, start ACE/ARB

30
Q

Treatment ladder for lupus nephritis
Mild:_______
Severe:_______

A

Steroid

Steroid + Cyclophosphamide

31
Q

CN3 nerve palsy can be a sign of _____

A

PCA aneurysm , needs IR/neurosurgical embolization

32
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Drugs that can cause AIN_______

Stain to find eosinophils_____

A

Phenytoin, cyclosporine, rifampin, quinolones

Wright Hansell

Tx: Supportive, only steroids if no response in 48 hours

33
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_____ electrolyte is low in rhabdomyalosis

A

Calcium

Tx: Fluids, mannitol, alkalinization (acetazolamide)

34
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______ causes a constellation of kidney issues (Afferent constriction, AIN, direct papillary necrosis, nephrotic syndrome)

A

NSAIDS

35
Q

____ characterized by hemoptysis + G nephritis

Dx_______
Tx______

A

Good Pastures

Anti glomerular antibody, p-ANCA

Plasmapharesis/steroids

*best initial test for wegners = c-ANCA

36
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____ is a lung and kidney disease with no granuloma/eosinophilia, p-ANCA +

A

Microscopic Polyangitis

37
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Most accurate test for PAN______

A

Sural nerve biopsy

38
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Post viral, painless hematuria _____

A

IgA nephropathy, Tx: steroids, ACE/ARB

Dx: Requires biopsy no serological test just clues: Normal complement, slightly elevated IgA

39
Q

Deafness + renal disease____

A

Alport syndrome

40
Q

HIV/Heroin use are associated with _______

A

Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

41
Q

Lymphoma associated with _____

A

Membranoproliferative nephritis

42
Q

Treatment of nephrotic syndromes ______

A

Steroids

43
Q

Drugs requiring dialysis with significant renal injury

1) Lithium
2) _____
3) Aspirin

A

Ethylene glycol

44
Q

____ is an autosomal recessive tubule disorder resulting in hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis due to salt wasting since sodium/chloride cannot be re-absorbed in the tubules

A

Barters Syndrome (Secondary hyperaldosteronism)

Gitelmann : Also get hypomagnesium, low urine calcium

45
Q

Causes of nephrogenic DI_____

A

Hypokalemia
Hypercalcemia
Lithium

*ddAVP only improved central DI (Head Injury)

46
Q

Drugs associated with SIADH______

A

SSRI, Sulfa, Carbamazepine

47
Q

___is a clue to aminoglycoside/amphoterecin induced renal injury

A

Magnesium

48
Q

___is a clue to aminoglycoside/amphoterecin induced renal injury

A

Magnesium

49
Q

Normal Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis

1) Diarrhea
2) RTA

*How to distinguish between diarrhea and RTA ________

A

Urine anion gap (sodium - chloride)

negative number = normal, diarrhea
positive number = abnormal , RTA

50
Q

Type 1 RTA is a disease of the _____ tubule. Failure of H+ excretion in the kidney leading to acidosis. Potassium will be _____

Urine pH is _____

Dx: ______
Tx:_____

A

Distal

Low

High

Acid Challenge, no response

Bicarb

51
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Type 2 RTA is a disease of the ____ tubule. Failure of bicarb re-absorption

Potassium will be _____

Urine pH is _____

Tx:

A

Proximal

Low

Varies: Low over time, but after bicarb challenge increases

Dx: Bicarb challenge

Thiazide, high dose bicarb

52
Q

Which RTA has risk of kidney stones______

A

Type 1, cannot excrete H+ which means urine pH is high, which allows for stones

53
Q

The only RTA with high serum potassium ________

A

Type 4 (Hypoaldosteronism)

54
Q

The only RTA with high serum potassium ________

A

Type 4 (Hypoaldosteronism)

55
Q

When to start 2 BP meds in an outpatient _____

A

SBP>160

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