Renal Clinical Medicine Part 3: Approach to Proteinuria, Oliguria, and Polyuria (Selby) Flashcards
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?
1) Anuria
2) Oliguria
3) Polyuria
Elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) without symptoms is known as?
Elevated BUN with symptoms?
1) Azotemia
2) Uremia
What is the criteria for chronic kidney disease (CKD)?
1) Markers of kidney damage
2) Decreased GFR (less than 60 ml/min)
When can a diagnosis of acute kidney injury be changed to chronic?
After 3 months of symptoms
In absence of evidence of kidney damage, what GFR categories do NOT fulfill the criteria for CKD?
Stage 1 or Stage 2
What are the main risk factors for CKD?
1) Diabetes mellitus
2) Hypertension
3) Cardiovascular disease
4) Acute Kidney Injury
What are some signs and symptoms of CKD? (8)
1) Edema
2) Hypertension
3) Decreased urine output
4) Foamy urine (proteinuria)
5) Uremia
6) Pericardial friction rub
7) Asterixis
8) Uremic frost
What are the 3 simple tests to identify most CKD patients?
1) eGFR
2) Urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio or urine protein-to-creatinine ratio
3) Urinalysis
What are the renal ultrasound findings for CKD?
1) Atrophic or small kidneys
2) Cortical thinning
3) Increased echogenicity
4) Elevated resistive indices
What is used if you are worried about renal artery stenosis or renal vein thrombosis?
Doppler ultrasound
What complications of CKD are treated with renal failure diet that consists of low salt, potassium and phosphorus?
1) Hyperkalemia
2) CKD-BMD (Bone mineral disease)
What are the indications for dialysis when treating CKD?
AEIOU:
A: Severe Acidosis
E: Electrolyte disturbance (usually hyperkalemia)
I: Ingestion (ex: ethylene glycols, methanol, etc…)
O: Volume overload
U: Uremia
Acute kidney injury (AKI) can be defined by changes in either?
1) Serum creatinine
2) Urine output
What are the different categories when determine the etiology of AKI?
1) Prerenal
2) Intrinsic
3) Postrenal
What are causes of prerenal AKI?
1) Hypotension
2) Hypovolemia
3) Reduced cardiac output
4) Systemic vasodilation
What is the most common intrinsic AKI?
What are other causes?
1) Acute Tubular Necrosis
2) Interstitial Nephritis and Glomerulonephritis
What are causes of postrenal AKI?
1) Bladder outlet obstruction
2) Ureteral obstruction
3) Renal pelvis (Papillary necrosis from NSAIDS)
What are labs to obtain on all patients with AKI?
1) Urinalysis with urine microscopy
2) Urine Albumin/creatinine ratio or urine protein/creatinine ratio
What other diagnostic test may be done of patients with AKI in order to rule out hydronephrosis?
Renal ultrasound
Urinary pattern consisting of renal tubular epithelial cells, transitional epithelial cells, granular casts, or waxy casts are characteristic of what kidney disease?
Acute tubular necrosis
Urinary pattern consisting of WBC, WBC cast, or urine eosinophils are characteristic of what kidney disease?
Acute interstitial nephritis or pyelonephritis