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Renal Failure Flashcards

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What conditions are at a higher risk for developing AKI?

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  • Hypertension
  • Congestive cardiac failure
  • Diabetes
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Chronic infection
  • Myeloproliferative disorder
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What are some examples of causes of Prerenal acute kidney dysfunction?

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  • Once MAP <80mmhg steep decline in GFR
  • Hypovolemia
  • Decreased cardiac output
  • Decreased effective circulating volume
  • Impaired renal autoregulation
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What is Pre-renal Injury?

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-Most common cause of renal failure (50-80%)
-Results from poor renal perfusion
-Reversed with restoration of renal perfusion/glomerular pressure
-BUN/Creatinine ratio > 20:1
-Calculate fractional excretion of
sodium (FeNa)
-Urinalysis often reveals hyaline
casts

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What is is FeNa?

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  • FeNa = (UNa x PCr/PNa x UCr) X 100
  • FeNa < 1% is suggestive of pre-renal azotemia
  • FeNa >1% intrinsic renal failure
  • FeNa >4% post-renal failure
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What is Prerenal Treatment?

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Volume expanding fluid (IVNS, LR, Packed RBCs if bleeding)

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What is Intrinsic Renal Diseases?

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-Acute Interstitial Nephritis (AIN)
-Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN) 90% most
common*
-Glomerular Diseases
-Pyelonephritis
-Malignancy (MM)
-Renal artery embolism/thrombus (renal infarction)
-Vasculitis

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What is Acute Interstitial Nephritis (AIN)?

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-Typically allergic reaction to medication
–-Post-infectious –
-Autoimmune

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What is the “classic presentation” of Acute Interstitial Nephritis?

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  • After recent new drug exposure
  • Fever
  • Skin rash
  • Peripheral eosinophilia
  • Oliguria
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What is Medications associated with acute interstitial nephritis (AIN)?

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-Antibiotics (B-lactams, sulfonamides, vancomycin,
erythromycin, rifampin)
-Acyclovir
-NSAIDS (can cause either direct toxicity or
allergy)
-Anticonvulsants (Phenytoin, valproate, carbamazepine)

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What is Treatment of AIN?

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  • Discontinuation of offending agent often leads to reversal of renal injury
  • Glucocorticoid therapy may accelerate renal recovery (6 week taper prednisone or IV methylprednisolone pulse 3 days)
  • Damage may be permanent if long duration of exposure and high degree of tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis
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What are Potential Nephrotoxins that cause ATN?

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-NSAIDs
–-Chemotherapeutic agents
–-Aminoglycosides
–-Amphotericin
–-Vancomycin
-–Radiocontrast dye
–-Poison (ethylene glycol, heavy metals)
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What is Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN)?

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acute tubular cell injury, usually reversible unless severe, prolonged

  1. Ischemia
  2. Sepsis
  3. Toxins
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Laboratory Data for Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN)?

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  • Pigmented granular casts (muddy-brown casts) on urinalysis
  • Cr/BUN elevation
  • FeNa >2%
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What is Treatment for ATN?

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-Aggressive volume replacement– hydrate (If nephrotoxic agent, volume depletion)
-If Oliguria present and extracellular-volume normalized consider loop-diuretic high dose (100-200mg Lasix) to improve urine output
-Protein restriction
-If it’s due to nephrotoxic agent, remove
offending agent
-Dialysis

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What is Glomerular diseases?

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  • Infectious Disease associated Syndromes – Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
  • Nephrotic syndrome (Minimal change disease)
  • Diabetic nephropathy
  • Hypertensive nephropathy
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What is Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN)?

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-Immune complex containing strep Ag deposited in
affected glomeruli
-Antihypertensives, salt restriction, diuretics

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How is PSGN Diagnosed?

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  • Hematuria, proteinuria, RBC casts
  • Positive throat, skin culture (only 25% due to timing)
  • Elevated titers of abs to strep products
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What is the treatment for IgA nephropathy?

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  • ACE-/ARB
  • Steroids
  • Renal transplant
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What are Classic clinical presentation of Henoch Schonlein Purpura?

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  • Rash (especially LE’s and buttocks)
  • Abdominal pain/vomiting
  • Arthralgias (knees, ankles)
  • Edema (hands, feet, scalp, ears)
  • Elevated Cr/BUN
  • Urine hematuria/proteinuria
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What is Nephrotic Syndrome?

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  • Heavy proteinuria (>3.5g/24hr)
  • Hypoalbuminemia (<3 g/dL)
  • Peripheral edema
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What is the Etiology of Nephrotic Syndrome?

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Membranous Nephropathy

  • Minimal Change Disease
  • Amyloidosis (secondary)
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (secondary)
  • Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
  • Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
  • IgA Nephropathy
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What is Minimal Change Disease?

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  • 70-90% of nephrotic syndrome in childhood but only 10-15% of nephrotic syndrome in adults.
  • Abrupt onset edema; nephrotic syndrome
  • Average urine protein – 10gm/day
  • Hypoalbuminemia
  • HTN
  • More suceptible to infection with gram+ organisms
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What are the treatments for Minimal Change Disease?

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  • 30% of children have spontaneous remission but all children are treated with steroids
  • 90-95% of children develop complete remission after 8 weeks of steroid therapy
  • 80-85% of adults develop complete remission after 8 weeks of steroid therapy
  • Prednisone is first line therapy (up to 16 weeks of therapy)
  • ESRD is rare but may have relapses
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What is vascular AKI?

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-Thrombus, embolus, dissection,
vasculitis
-TTP, HUS, DIC

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What is Postrenal renal failure?

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  • Prostatic obstruction (hypertrophy, stricture or malignancy)
  • Bladder CA, stone, clots
  • Ovarian/cervical/retroperitoneal malignancy
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What is Postrenal AKI Treatment?

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Relieve the obstruction

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What is Polycystic Kidney Disease?

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  • Multisystem and progressive genetic d/o with cyst formation and enlargement of the kidney (and other organs ie. Pancreas, liver, spleen)
  • 50% require transplant/dialysis by 60yo
  • Screen family members as autosomal dominant
  • Intracranial aneurysm x2 as common as general population (10%)
  • ESRD
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What are signs and symptoms of Polycystic Kidney Disease?

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-Pain (Abdomen, flank, back)
–-Enlargement of cysts
–-Hemorrhage into cyst or
perinephric hematoma
-Infectious (UTI, pyelonephritis, abscess, infected cyst)
–-Nephrolithiasis (20-30%)
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Diagnosis of Polycystic Kidney Disease?

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Urinalysis (Hematuria, 1/3 microalbuminuria)

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Treatment for Polycystic Kidney Disease?

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  • Blood pressure management (ACE-/ARB – slows progression of disease)
  • Pain control (Avoid NSAIDs, Surgical cyst decompression (can be done by IR), Nephrectomy)
  • Recurrent infections (50% develop UTI (mostly women), May develop infected cysts)
  • Hematuria (Hydrate and if substantial transfuse, Very suceptible to trauma (60% hemorrhage))

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