Renal Flashcards
Functions of Kidney (A WET BED)
Acid - base balance Water balance Erythropoeisis Toxin removal Blood pressure Electrolyte balance D vitamin activation
3 features of AKI
- Uremia
- Oliguria
- High creatinine
2 most important diagnostics for AKI
- USS - within 24hrs
- Dipstick
Biggest risk factor for AKI
Hypertension
What sign in AKI is associated with poor prognosis
-Oliguria
4 progressive ECG changes with hyperkalemia
- Tall tented T waves
- Small/absent P waves
- Wide QRS
- Sine wave = fatal
Treatment protocol hyperkalemia
-Calcium gluconate - stabilize myocardium
-Dextrose with Insulin
-(Salbutamol)
-Sodium bicarb
(Dialyse if necessary)
When would you use a loop diuretic in AKI
Pulmonary oedema
What NT contraindicated with AKI
Dopamine
Most common form of AKI
Pre-renal
Commonest cause of AKI in hospital and why is it difficult to manage
- Sepsis
- Vancomycin and Gentamycin = nephrotoxic
Definition of pre-renal AKI and 4 major causes
- Impaired renal blood flow
- Hypovalemia (shock)
- Hypotension
- CO decrease
- Vascular disease (stenosis of renal vessels or emboli)
Impact of pre-renal AKI on RAAS
Decreased blood flow activates RAAS, Na and H20 resorbed causing increased creatinine and urea
3 Sub-categories of Intra-renal AKI
- Acute tubular necrosis
- Acute Interstitial nephritis
- Glomerulonephritis
Causes of acute tubular necrosis
- Ischemia
- Drugs - aminoglycosides, lead, contrast, myoglobin
What is tumor lysis, and how does it relate to acute tubular necrosis.
Tumor cells release nephrotoxic uric acid during chemo damaging tubules. - drink water during chemo
Acute Interstitial Nephritis
- Causes
- Diagnostics
- Drugs: Penicillin, AlloP, PPI, Chemo, NSAID’s, Rifampacin
- Infective: Staph A, Hantavirus
- Eosinophilia
What is glomerulonephritis and what does it encompass
Inflammation of the glomerulus and includes noth nePHROTIC and nePHRITIC pictures.
Features of Nephritic syndromes
- Haematuria -
- High BP
- Low urine output
4 Nephritic syndromes and their clinical features
- Goodpastures = Anti-GBM on basement membrane, tends to affect adults
- ANCA-Vasculitis = SLE, autoimmune, may present with endocarditis
- IgA Nephropathy = Most common form, begins few days after infection, IgA deposits in mesangial cells, young men often affected
- Alport syndrome: Kids, hearing loss, inherited collagen defect
2 rarer forms of Nephritic syndrome
- HUS
- Henloch-Schonlein Purpura
2 conditions that present with mixed nephrotic and nephritic picture
- Post Strep: Kids. 7-14 days after, starry sky and necrophilia
- Membranous proliferative: poor prognosis associated with hepatitis B and C patients.
Features of Nephrotic syndrome
- Proteinuria
- Low albumin
- Oedema
3 primary causes Nephrotic syndrome
- Minimal Change: Most common, esp kids
- Focal Segmental: Most common, adults. associated with HIV and heroin users
- Membranous: Autoimmune cause suspected
3 Secondary causes Nephrotic syndrome
- Diabetic nephropathy - causes membranous and focal segmental
- Sarcoidosis/Amyloidosis
- SLE
2 Marked features of nephrotic syndrome
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypercoagulability
Define CKD
Chronic (3month) decline in renal function, with low urine, low eGFR and high creatinine
How can you classify severity of CKD
RIFLE criteria