Renal Clinical Medicine Part 3: Approach to Proteinuria, Oliguria, and Polyuria (Selby) Flashcards

1
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A urine output of less than 50-100 ml/day is defined as?

UOP less than 400-500 ml/day?

UOP more than 3,000 ml/day?

A

1) Anuria
2) Oliguria
3) Polyuria

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What is Azotemia?

What is Uremia? With what

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1) Elevated BUN without Symptoms
2) Elevated BUN with symptoms
3) N, V, Confusion, Fatigue, Anorexia, Metallic mouth taste, Pruritus, Asterixis, Pericardial friction rub, Uremic frost

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What is the criteria for chronic kidney disease (CKD)?

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1) Markers of kidney damage

2) Decreased GFR (less than 60 ml/min)

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When can a diagnosis of acute kidney injury be changed to chronic?

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After 3 months of symptoms

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In absence of evidence of kidney damage, what GFR categories do NOT fulfill the criteria for CKD?

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Stage 1 or Stage 2

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What are the main risk factors for CKD?

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1) Diabetes mellitus
2) Hypertension
3) Cardiovascular disease
4) Acute Kidney Injury

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What are some signs and symptoms of CKD? (8)

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1) Edema
2) Hypertension
3) Decreased urine output
4) Foamy urine (proteinuria)
5) Uremia
6) Pericardial friction rub
7) Asterixis
8) Uremic frost

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What are the 3 simple tests to identify most CKD patients?

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1) eGFR
2) Urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio or urine protein-to-creatinine ratio
3) Urinalysis

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What are the renal ultrasound findings for CKD?

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1) Atrophic or small kidneys
2) Cortical thinning
3) Increased echogenicity
4) Elevated resistive indices

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What is used if you are worried about renal artery stenosis or renal vein thrombosis?

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Doppler ultrasound

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What complications of CKD are treated with renal failure diet that consists of low salt, potassium and phosphorus?

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1) Hyperkalemia

2) CKD-BMD (Bone mineral disease)

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What are the indications for dialysis when treating CKD?

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AEIOU:

A: Severe Acidosis
E: Electrolyte disturbance (usually hyperkalemia)
I: Ingestion (ex: ethylene glycols, methanol, etc…)
O: Volume overload
U: Uremia

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13
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) can be defined by changes in either?

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1) Serum creatinine

2) Urine output

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What are the different categories when determine the etiology of AKI?

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1) Prerenal
2) Intrinsic
3) Postrenal

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What are causes of prerenal AKI?

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1) Hypotension
2) Hypovolemia
3) Reduced cardiac output
4) Systemic vasodilation

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What is the most common intrinsic AKI?

What are other causes?

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1) Acute Tubular Necrosis

2) Interstitial Nephritis and Glomerulonephritis

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What are causes of postrenal AKI?

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1) Bladder outlet obstruction
2) Ureteral obstruction
3) Renal pelvis (Papillary necrosis from NSAIDS)

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What are labs to obtain on all patients with AKI?

Clinical Presentation of AKI?

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1) Urinalysis with urine microscopy
2) Urine Albumin/creatinine ratio or urine protein/creatinine ratio
3) Renal US

PUSHHED
Proteinuria, Uremia, SOB (if PE), HTN, Hematuria, Edema, Decreased Urine Output

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What other diagnostic test may be done of patients with AKI in order to rule out hydronephrosis?

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Renal ultrasound

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20
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Urinary pattern consisting of 
-Renal tubular epithelial cells
-Transitional epithelial cells
-Granular casts
-Waxy casts 
are characteristic of what kidney disease?
A

Acute tubular necrosis

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21
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Urinary pattern consisting of WBC, WBC cast, or urine eosinophils are characteristic of what kidney disease?

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Acute interstitial nephritis or pyelonephritis

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22
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Urinary pattern consisting of dysmorphic RBCs, RBC casts are characteristic of what kidney disease?

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Vasculitis or glomerulonephritis

23
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Urinary pattern consisting of proteinuria (<3.5 g/day), hematuria, dysmorphic RBC and RBC casts are characteristic of what kidney disease?

A

Nephritic syndrome

24
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Urinary pattern consisting of heavy proteinuria (>3.5g/day), lipiduria, minimal hematuria are characteristic of what kidney disease?

A

Nephrotic syndrome

25
Q

Urinary pattern consisting of hyaline casts are characteristic of what kidney disease?

A

Non-specific, prerenal azotemia

26
Q

Urinary pattern consisting of WBCs, RBCs, and bacteria are characteristic of what kidney disease?

A

Urinary tract infection

27
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What is Nephrotic Syndrome defined as?

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1) Proteinuria (> 3-3.5 grams/day)
2) Hypoalbuminemia
3) Peripheral edema
4) Hyperlipidemia
5) Lipiduria

28
Q

Why is infection a common complication of Nephrotic Syndrome?

Why is Vitamin D deficiency?

Why is Anemia?

A

1) Urinary loss of IgG
2) Urinary loss of Vitamin D Binding Protein
3) Urinary loss of Transferrin and Erythropoietin

29
Q

What is the most common cause of Nephrotic Syndrome?

What is the most common cause in children?

What are the Monoclonal related diseases?

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1) Diabetic Nephropathy
2) Minimal Change Disease
3) Multiple Myeloma, Amyloidosis, Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposition Disease (MIDD)

30
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What should be done to diagnosis Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephritic Syndrome?

A

Renal biopsy

31
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Between Nephritic and Nephrotic syndrome, which usually has active urinary sediment?

A

Nephritic

32
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What is Nephritic Syndrome defined as?

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1) Hematuria
2) HTN
3) Proteinuria (< 3.5 grams/day)
4) AKI

33
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What can be very helpful in determining the DDx of Nephritic Syndrome?

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Low complement levels (C3 or C4)

34
Q

What is Diabetes Insipidus characterized by?

A

Polyuria (Urine output more than 3 L/day)

35
Q

The differential diagnosis of polyuria includes?

A

1) Solute diuresis

2) Water diuresis

36
Q

What falls under the solute diuresis category?

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1) Glucosuria
2) Urea
3) Sodium
4) Mannitol

37
Q

What are the basic requirements for forming concentrated urine?

A

1) Hypertonic Medullary Interstitium

2) High levels of ADH

38
Q

Serum osmolality is normally around?

It is regulated by?

A

1) 282 mOsm/kg

2) Osmoreceptor-ADH system and Thirst mechanism

39
Q

ADH has a short half-life of about?

It is metabolized by?

A

1) 15-20 minutes

2) Liver and kidney

40
Q

The glomerulus filters how much fluid per day from the plasma?

Where is 90% of it reabsorbed in?

The remaining 18 L is reabsorbed under the regulation of?

A

1) 180 L
2) Proximal tubule and descending limb of the loop of Henle
3) ADH

41
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ADH (aka Arginine Vasopressin) is a preprohormone synthesized by specialized nuclei in the?

A

Hypothalamus (Magnocellular nuclei)

42
Q

Once the ADH is produced in the magnocellular nuclei, it is transported down the axons of these nuclei to?

Once it reaches this are, it is released in response to?

A

1) Posterior pituitary

2) Osmotic or non-osmotic stimuli

43
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Osmotic stimuli is characterized by increases in serum osmolality which is detected by?

A

Osmoreceptors

44
Q

Non-osmotic stimuli is characterized by decrease in BP or increase in blood volume which are detected by?

A

1) Arterial baroreceptors

2) Atrial stretch receptors

45
Q

When ADH binds to V2 receptors it increases what levels?

This leads to insertion of what transporters in the apical and basolateral membrane?

A

1) cAMP

2) AQP-2 and Urea transporters

46
Q

What are the 2 main types of Diabetes Insipidus?

A

1) Central Diabetes insipidus

2) Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

47
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Central Diabetes insipidus is caused by?

Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus?

A

1) Decreased release of ADH

2) Decreased response to ADH

48
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What can lead to Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus?

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1) Lithium toxicity

2) Hypercalcemia

49
Q

When activated by elevated calcium levels, what induces degradation of AQP-2 channels by autophagosomes?

What does this lead to?

A

1) Apical membrane calcium sensor

2) Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

50
Q

How is Diabetes insipidus diagnosed?

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1) 24 hour urine volume collection
2) Urine osmolality < 300 mOsm/kg
3) Water deprivation test

51
Q

When performing the water deprivation test, if there is increase in urinary osmolality with exogenous vasopressin or desmopressin then what is the diagnosis?

If there is little or no incrase?

A

1) Central diabetes insipidus

2) Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

52
Q

What is the treatment of central diabetes insipidus?

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Vasopressin

53
Q

What is the treatment of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus?

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1) Decrease solute intake
2) Thiazide diuretics
3) NSAIDs
4) Vasopressin