Renal Pathophysiology Flashcards
Renal Function
The kidneys perform several functions
- Filters the metabolic wastes (especially _____ waste) from the blood plasma and excretes it from the body. Such as (3). Is the primary route of elimination for ____
- Participates in the maintenance of constant extracellular environment, required for proper ___ functioning (ECF: v____, os____, p__, etc)
- Excretes ____ and ____ to match water intake and endogenous production. Regulates excretion of water and solutes by changing tubular reabsorption or excretion. (maintains essential electrolyte balance, ___, ___, etc)
- nitrogenous, (urea, creatinine, uric acid), drugs
- cell (volume, osmolarity, pH)
- water and electrolytes (Na, K)
Renal Function Part 2
- Secretes _____ that participate in systemic and renal ______ regulation (r____, pr_____, br_____), ___ blood cell production (_____), as well as c_____, ph_____ and b____ metabolism (vitamin __)
- Perform other functions such as catabolism of peptide hormones and synthesis of glucose (______) when fasting
- hromones, hemodynamic (renin, prostoglandin, bradykinin), red (erythropoietin), calcium, phosphorus, bone (D)
- glyconeogenesis
Assessing Renal Function: Basic Steps in Urine Formation
(3)
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Renal Clearance Rate: the rate at which a substance is _____ from the blood over _____
- Assuming substance X is freely filtered: __% filtered out at glomerulus -> then goes through TR, TS, elimination
- Tubular reabsorption _____ the clearance rate
- Tubular secretion _____ the clearance rate
Glomerular Filtration
Tubular Reabsorption
Tubular Secretion
- 20%
- decreases
- increases
Clearance and Measurements of Renal Function
- Plasma clearance is the ____ of plasma cleared of a particular ____ per ____
- Useful tool for evaluating renal ____: How effective the kidneys are at removing various substances from the internal environment
Clearance rate (ml/min) = ____ for substance (quantity/ml urine) x Urine ____ / ____ for substance (quantity/ml plasma)
- usually assessed through (1)
- volume, substance, minute
- function
- urine x flow rate / plasma
- 24 hour urine collection
Patterns of Renal Handling
- Freely filtered -> __ reabsorption -> __ secretion
- Freely filtered -> __ reabsorption -> __ secretion
- Freely filtered -> __ reabsorption -> __ secretion
- Fastest rate of secretion #__
- Slowest rate of secretion #__
Conclusion, hard to find a substance that accurately will reflect true ___
- NO reabsorption, ALOT of secretion
- Modest reabsorption, NO secretion
- Full reabsorption, NO secretion
- 1
- 3
GFR
GFR
Measures?
____ ml plasma/min
We use the clearance rate of certain _____ to estimate GFR
So how must a substance be handled if its going to effect GFR
- Must be ____ filtered (not ___ to plasma proteins)
- Can’t undergo any ____ or ____ (rate of filtration = rate of excretion)
- ____ plasma concentration
- Can’t effect GFR like _____
Healthy Nephron Mass
125 ml plasma/min
substance
- freely (not bound)
- no reabsorption or excretion
- stable
- hormones
Clearance and GFR
(1): perfect substance that is not endogenous, the only thing that’s missing is? bc not endogenous so would have to sit there with a gtt
(1): substance we actually use, is a byproduct of?
- Has all aspects except there is a tiny bit of?
CrCL = slight ______ of GFR (bust still best bet and what we use)
Inulin (missing stable plasma concentration)
Creatinine (byproduct of muscle metabolism - creatinine phosphate powers the first few sec of muscle conttraction so constantly being producted)
- Tiny bit of secretion
Overestimation
Blood Tests
- Plasma _____ (Pcr) (as indicator of GFR)
A long term decline in GFR over weeks or months is reflected in the plasma Creatinine concentration
- Normal value ___-___
Stability of Pcr is dependent on stable GFR values
- When GFR declines = Pcr ______ proportionately (____ proportionate)
- Is useful for monitoring the progress of _____ rather than acute renal disease because it takes __-__ days for plasma Creatinine to stabilize when GFR declines
- Plasma Creatinine
- 0.7-1.2
- increases (inversely proportionate)
- chronic disease, 7-10
Inverse Relationship btwn GFR and Plasma Creatinine
- Long term decline in GFR -> _____ of plasma Cr
- Ex) ____ with open faucet, open drain, if drain is closed/backed up (GFR), water lvl (Plasma Cr) rises
- Normal GFR ~125, normal plasma Cr __-__ -> CrCl is a good ____ of overall ____ of GFR
- elevation
- bathtub
- 0.7-1.2, snapshot of overall stability of GFR
Limitations with Serum Creatinine Values
- Compensatory _____
- Variation in Creatinine ______
- Variations in Creatinine ______
- Presence of certain _____
- ____ Creatinine Excretion
- Compensatory Hypertrophy
- Variations in Cr Production
- Variations in Cr Secretion
- Presence of certain Drugs
- Extrarenal Creatinine Excretion
Limitations with Serum Creatinine Values (Notes)
- Compensatory Hypertrophy = response to early? so can filter faster to compensate -_____ kidney disease
- Variations in Creatinine Production unrelated to GFR (d___, muscle ___, recent ___ meal, muscle w____, limp ____, rh____)
- Variations in Creatinine Secretion (increased proximal tubular creatinine secretion with (1))
- Presence of Certain Drugs may ____ the lvl of serum Cr by decreasing Cr secretion ex) T_____, S______…both are?
- Extrarenal Creatinine Excretion: increased creatinine metabolism by ____ in the GI tract with advanced kidney disease
- nephron loss, ex) 30% nephron loss dt kidney disease bc other 70% is working overtime -> which means inflammation, injury, burn out - Masks kidney disease
- diet, muscle mass, meaet, wasting, amputation, rhabdo
- early renal disase
- increase Cr, Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole…both antibiotics
- bacteria in GI tract
Plasma Cycstatin C (as an Estimate of GFR)
- A low molecular weight protein that is a member of the cystatin superfamily of cysteine protease inhibitors filtered at the glomerulus and NOT ______ but is ______ in the tubules, which ____use of cystatin C to _____ measure clearance.
- Cystatin C is produced by all nucleated _____: its rate of production has been through to be relatively _____ and thought to be unaffected by g____ or ____ mass
- NOT reabsorbed, metabolized in tubules, prevents use of cystatin C to directly measure clearance
- cells, constant, gender, muscle
Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)
The concentration of urea nitrogen in the blood reflects glomerular filtration and urine concentrating capacity
- Urea is ____ filtered so as GFR goes down BUN ____
- Urea is also ______ by the tubule - BUN ____ in states of dehydration and acute and chronic renal failure (also varies as a result of altered protein intake and protein catabolism)
- Comparisons of BUN to ___ can be useful
- freely, GFR down, BUN increases
- reabsorbed, decreases
- Pcr
BUN (Notes)
Urea = waste product of ____ metabolism, can also get recycled and the nitrogen in urea can be used to make new (2)
- Handling of urea by kidneys: ____ filtered, __% reabsorbed, __ secretion
- Reabsorption of urea entirely dependent on reabsorption of ____ (more water reabsorbed = more urea reabsorbed)
GFR ____/_____ (water conservation) -> BUN increases
Similar to Creatinine is a helpful indicator of what’s happening in the kidneys in terms of GFR
Normal Bun: Cr Ratio =
- Increase in both #s w same ratio =
- Increase in both and ratio goes up =
waste produce of protein metabolism -> amino acids, protein
- freely filtered, 50% reabsorbed , no secretion
- water
GFR decreases/Dehydration
20:1
- decrease in GFR
- decrease in GFR AND water reabsorption has happened
Urinalysis
=
Changes in c____, cl____, p__, presence of ____, o___
Oldest, cheapest way in assessing renal function
color, clarity (cloudy), pH, cells, odor
Urine Dipstick Tests
=
Assesses presence of (7)
Assesses presence of
- Nitrates
- Protein (common in HTN/CV disease)
- pH (Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Alkaline urine in UTIs)
- Blood
- Specific Gravity (comparison of density of urine vs. distilled water) - easy way to estimate osmolarity (higher osmolarity -> higher specific gravity (dehydration))
- Ketones, Glucose (diabetes)
- Bilirubin (liver disease)
Urine Sediment Analysis
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What you’ll be able to see
- _____ (more under certain pH lvls)
- C____ crystals
- ____ acid
- Cells (2)
- H__, I____
- (1): strips of cells that are interior epithelim of tubule named (1)
Centrifuge -> solid particles pushed to bottom -> pour out liquid and visualize sediment on plate through microscope
- crystals
- Calcium
- uric
- (bacteria, wbcs)
- Hgb, Iron
- Casts - acute tubular injury
Disorders or Alterations in Renal and Urinary Function
*Most common source of reduced renal function =
- Changes in Renal Function with _____
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Intrarenal Disorders
- C_____ Disorders
- In_____ Disorders
- O____ Disorders
- G_____ Abnormalities
- Disorders of _____ Function and Micturition
- Renal _____
AGING
- Aging
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Intrarenal
- Congenital
- Infectious
- Obstructive
- Glomerular
- Bladder
- Failure
The Aging Process
With aging there is a __-__% decrease in n____, s___, w____, and f____ of the ______
- Decreased renal ____ flow
- Decreased size and weight of ____
- Decreased bladder _____
- Decreased bladder ____
- Increased urinary _____ weakness
- Change in ____ of female urethra
- Loss of ____ excretion pattern
30-50%, number, size, weight, function of nephron
- blood
- nephron
- innervation
- capacity
- muscle
- structure
- diurnal
The Aging Process Effects
Main Takeaway:
Main Consequence:
- Decreased GFR, resorptive capacity, excretion -> decreased excretion of d___, m_____ -> need to ____ dose of drugs bc excretion is slower
- Decreased excretion of H+ -> more vulnerable to _____
- Decreased ability to concentrate urine -> more vulnerable to _____
- Increased in renal threshold for glucose -> decrease in likelihood of glucose ____ -> more glucose in ____
- Loss of diurnal excretion -> usually kidneys know when ur flat and asleep so rena blood flow tends to slow down, if this is not present -> ______
- Urinary i_____
30-50% decrease in #, size, weight, and functional nephrons
Decreased rate of urinary excretion -> drugs, contrast, metabolites
- drugs, metabolites -> lower
- acidosis
- dehydration
- urea -> in blood
- nocturia
- incontinence