Renal Flashcards
Cloudy urine
Inc phosphates (w/ alk P) Inc uric acid (acidic pH)
Sp Gr > 1.023
Intrinsic renal disease
Alkaline pH + ammonia
Proteus infx
Alkaline pH
Vegan
Acidic pH
meat eater
CBG level that can cause glucosuria
> 200 mg/dL
Ketones in urine
DKA
Starvation
Pregnancy
Inc urine bilirubin
(-) Urobilinogen
Obstructive jaundice
No urine bilirubin
Inc UBG
Hemolytic anemia
Inc urine bilirubin
Inc UBG
Hepatitis
Sterile pyuria
Chlamydia trachomatis
Oval fat bodies in urine
nephrotic syndrome
RBC cast
Nephritic syndrome
WBC cast
Acute pyelonephritis
Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis
Waxy cast
Chronic renal failure
Granular cast (muddy ground)
Acute tubular necrosis
Inc BUN and crea
Azotemia
Inc BUN, Crea + symptoms
Uremia
Nephritic syndrome
Hypercellularity, granular IF, subepith humps
GAHBS
Elevated ASO
PSGN
Nephritic syndrome
Has 3 types (Anti-GBM, immunecomplex, pauci-immune)
Crescents, linear IF, rupture in GBM
RPGN
Nephrotic syndrome Diffuse uniform thickening Subepith deposits Spike and dome Mostly idiopathic, if not 2ndary to solid tumors, penicillamine, SLE, infx
Membranous glomerulopathy
MOA: Cytokine damaging visceral epith
Normal LM, IF
EM: effacement of foot processes
Tx: Steroids
Minimal change disease
Nephrotic syndrome Thickened GBM, tram-track Granular dense deposits on IF Subendothelial dense deposit on EM May lead to RPGN
Membranoproliferative GN