Renal Medicine Flashcards
Renal Hx
- Seven Sx
Renal Hx Sx
- Dyspnoea
- Leg swelling
- LUTS
- Flank pain
- N&V
- ENT
- Constitutional
Dialysis
- Five modes
Dialysis Modes
- APD (automated)
- CAPD (continuous ambulatory)
- Assisted PD
- UHD (Unit-based haemodialysis)
- HHM (?)
Renal FHx
- Five questions
Renal FHx
- Renal disease
- Cardiac disease
- Diabetes
- HTN
- Genetic conditions
Renal Ex
- Three face signs
Renal Ex; face:
- Aneamia (of CKD)
- Rash (SLE)
- Swelling (HD-> SVCO)
Renal Ex
- Neck Sx
Renal Ex Neck
- JVP
- Tunneled/HD line
- Scars
Haematinics
- Three examples
Haematinics
- Iron
- B12
- Folate
Anion gap
- Calculation
- Normal range
Anion gap
- Na - (Cl + HCO3)
- 8-12
High anion gap
- Four causes
High anion gap
- Lactic acidosis
- Ketoacidosis
- Toxins (ethylene glycol, methanol, isoniazid, salicylate)
- Renal failure
Normal anion gap acidosis
- Three causes
Normal anion gap acidosis
- GI losses of bicarb
- Renal losses of bicarb
- Toxins (ammonium chloride, acetazolamide)
Hypernatraemia
Four hypovolaemic causes (dehydration)
Hypovolaemic hypernatraemia (dehydration)
- Renal loss
- Loop diuretics
- Osmotic eg NG tube - Non-renal loss
- Sweating/burns
- Diarrhoea/fistula
Hypernatraemia
Four euvolaemic causes
Euvolaemic hypernatraemia
- Renal loss
- DI/Hypodipsia - Non-renal
- Insensible
- Respiratory
Hypernatramia
Four Hypervolaemic causes
Hypervolaemic hypernatraemia
Non-renal
1. NaCl Tablets
Renal
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Cushing’s
- Dialysis
Diabetes insipidus
- Four causes
DI causes
1. Trauma
2. Tumours
3. Cerebral sarcoid/TB
4. Cerebral inflammation
infection/vasculitis
Hyponatraemia
Four hypovolaemic causes
Hypovolaemic hyponatraemia
- Renal
- Thiazides
- Addison’s - Non-renal
- D+V
- Sweating/burns
Hypovolaemic hyponatraemia
- Mx
Hypovolaemic hyponatraemia Mx
- Fluids (0.9% saline)
Euvolaemic hyponatraemia
- Four causes
Euvolaemic hyponatraemia causes
- Hypothyroidism
- Primary poydipsia
- Adrenal insufficiency
- SIADH
Pseudo-hyponatraemia
(Hypervolaemic)
- Four causes
Pseudo-hyponatramia
(hypervolaemic)
- Hyperglycaemia
- High lipids
- Uraemia
- Myeloma
Hypervolaemic hyponatraemia
- Three causes
Hypervolaemic hyponatraemia causes
- CCF
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Liver cirrhosis
Hypervolaemic hyponatraemia
- Treatment
- Risk of treatment
Hypervolaemic hyponatraemia
- Fluid restrict (+ furosemide)
- Risk of CPM/OM
- Central pontine myelinosis
- Osmotic myelinosis
Acute hyponatraemia
- Mx
Acute hyponatraemia Mx
- 3% hypertonic saline IV boluses
- +/- Furosemide
Chronic hyponatraemia
- Mx
Chronic hyponatraemia
- If seizures - hypertonic saline boluses
- Symptomatic, non-seizing
- Isotonic saline + Furosemide - Asymptomatic
- Water restriction
- Stop drug causes
- Restore volume
Hyperkalaemia
- Five causes
Hyperkalaemia causes
- CKD (with K rich diet eg. dried fruit, potatoes)
- Drugs
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Rhabdomyolysis, tumour lysis, haemolysis
- Artifact hyperkalemia
- Haemolysis, leucocytosis, thrombocytosis
Hyperkalaemia
- Six drug causes
Hyperkalaemia drug causes
- Spironolactone/Amilioride
- ACEi/ARB
- NSAIDs
- Betablockers/Digoxin
- Heparin/LMWH
- Trimethoprim
Hypo-renin-aemic hypoaldosteronism
- Class of acidosis
- Presentation
- RFs
Hyporeninaemic hypoaldosteronism
- Type IV RTA
- Presents with:
- Hypochloraemic acidosis
- Hyperkalaemia - RFs
- Increased age
- Reduced eGFR
- DM, acute G.nephritis, TI.nephritis, sickle, NSAIDs
Renal tubular acidosis (RTA)
- Four types
RTA
Type 1: Distal (dRTA)
- Failure of H+ secretion into lumen
- Alkaline urine and hypokalaemia
Type 2: Proximal (pRTA)
- Failure of tubular bicarb reabsorption
Type 3: Combined P&D
- Rare
Type 4: Absolute hypoaldosteronism/aldosterone insensitivity
- Physiological reduction in ammonium excretion 2º to low K+