Renal Disease Flashcards
Diseases of the Kidney
Classification
*Glomerular
*Interstitial
*Tubular
The two most common diseases that affect
the kidney are:
- Diabetes
Small blood vessels of the body are injured - Hypertension
blood vessels of the kidney are damage
Mechanism of diabetes:
*may cause nerve damage which can cause difficulty in emptying the bladder.
*The pressure from the overfull bladder can cause urine backup and injure the kidneys.
*If urine remains in bladder for a long time, infection develop from growth of bacteria in urine
Glomerular Disease
- Majority are of immune origin
* Mechanism:
* Immune complexes deposits in the
kidneys.
* Complement components are
activated.
* Attraction of WBCs to the area that
releases cytokines and enzymes that
damage the kidneys - Nonimmunologic causes include
exposure to chemicals and toxins
Primary Glomerulopathies
- acute diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis
a. Poststreptococcal
b. Nonpoststreptococcal - Rapidly progressive (crescentic) glomerulonephritis
- membrane gloerulopathy
- lipoid nephrosis
- focal segmental glomerolosclerosis
- membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
- IgA nephropathy
- Focal proliferative glomerulonephritis
- chronic glomerulonephritis
Acute Glomerulonephritis
Glomerulonephritis refers to a sterile, inflammatory process that affects the glomerulus and is associated with the finding of blood, protein, and casts in the urine
There are multiple types of glomerulonephritis, and one type may change into another type over time
condition may become chronic
Acute Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis
Caused by infection with group A streptococcus
*Streptococci form immune complexes with antibodies and deposits in glomerular membrane causing inflammation
Symptoms of APGN
fever, edema (noticeably around the
eye), fatigue, hypertension
APGN Laboratory diagnosis:
*Urinalysis findings: Marked hematuria, Proteinuria, Oliguria
*Microscopic: RBC casts, dysmorphic RBCs, hyaline & granular casts, WBCs
*Elevated ASOT is evidence that the disease is of streptococcal in origin
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
(RPGN
Aka Crescentic Glomerulonephritis
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
(RPGN
Accumulation of cells in Bowman’s space in the form of “crescents”
RPGN
A more serious form of acute glomerular
disease: often terminates in renal failure
RPGN
*Contains macrophages, fibroblasts and fibrin
RPGN
*Initiated by deposition of immune complex
RPGN
*Complication of another form of glomerulonephritis or an immunologic disorder
RPGN
*Lab results similar to acute glomerulonephritis but becomes more abnormal as it progresses
*Markedly elevated protein
*Very low GFR
Goodpasture’s Syndrome
Antiglomerular basement membrane
antibody (anti-GBM)
Goodpasture’s Syndrome or (anti-GBM)
presence of autoantibody to glomerular, renal
tubular, and alveolar basement membranes
Goodpasture’s Syndrome or (anti-GBM)
production follow after viral respiratory infections
Goodpasture’s Syndrome or (anti-GBM)
attachment of autoantibody to basement
membrane followed by complement activation produces capillary destruction.
Goodpasture’s Syndrome or (anti-GBM)
more likely in young males between the
ages of 18 & 35
rapidly progress to renal failure
* mortality rate may be as high as 50%