Renal Flashcards
Alports Syndrome
Congenial sensoneural hearing loss, haematuria, proteinuria
X linked
Autosominal recessive
Fabris Disease
Angiokeratoma
corneal opacities
tinnitus
renal failure
Non-visible unexplained haematuria in patient aged 60 years or over and with dysuria or raised white cell count on a blood test referral
urgent 2 week
Visible haematuria and >45 yrs
urgent 2 week
Children with unexplained visible haematuria should be referred
very urgently (within 48 hours) to paediatrics to investigate for Wilm’s tumour
PSA test after UTI
1 month
PSA test after DRE duration
1 week
PSA test after vigorous exercises/ sex
48 hours
Hypertension management in CKD with ACR>30 irrespective of age and ethnicity
ACEi
ACR referral to nephrology
ACR > 70 unless caused by diabetes
ACR >30 with persistent haematuria after excluding UTI
CKD diagnosis
eGFR persistently <60 +/- ACR persistently >3
on atleast 2 occasions 3 months apart = CKD
After starting ramipril, what % of increase in creatinine is acceptable
30%
CKD monitoring
HTN
AKI
Diabetes
heart disease
family history of end stage cod
After starting ACEi % drop in egFR is accepted?
25%
Renal cell carcinoma triad
Loin pain, haematuria, abdominal mass