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What improves the prognosis of CRF patients?

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Protein restriction and the use of ACE inhibitors

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When do ACE inhibitors actually hurt CRF?

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When the Cr is >3-3.5

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Captopril is a….

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ACE inhibitor

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What doesn’t affect CRF prognosis?

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Salt restriction and potassium restriction

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HIV kidney damage is

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Collapsing focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis

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Typical presentation of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

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Nephritic range proteinuria, azotemia, and normal sized kidneys

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Nitrites signify what

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The presence of Enterobacteriaceae

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Elderly patient with bone pain, renal failure, and hypercalcemia has

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Multiple myeloma until proven otherwise

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Initial hematuria

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Urethral damage

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Terminal hematuria

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Bladder/Prostatic damage

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Total hematuria

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Kidney/Ureter damages

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Clots and kidney disease

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Not seen

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13
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BPH starts where in the prostate

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Center

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Prostate cancer starts where in the prostate

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Peripheral

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15
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Metformin is bad for what

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RF, hepatic failure or sepsis, it causes Lactic Acidosis! which RF and HF already make worse

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Nephritic syndrome presents with

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Dependent edema, HTN, hematuria (dysmorphic RBCs and red cell casts). May also see Rash, low-grade fever, and proteinuria.

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Workup of BPH starts with

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Serum Cr and UA

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Signs of dehydration

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Dry Mucosa, higher values for Hct and serum electrolytes, BUN/Cr >20. Use crystalloid

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What to do for testing in an old person with irritative voiding symptoms and negative urine culture

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R/o bladder cancer: e.g. urinary cytology and cystoscopy

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Treating recurrent hypercalciuric renal stones

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Increased fluid intake, sodium restriction, and a thiazide.

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Cystinuria presents with

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H/o recurrent kidney stones from childhood and positive FH. Stones are radiopaque, hexagonal.

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22
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Test for cystinuria

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Urinary cyanide nitroprusside test positive

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23
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Most common kidney stones?

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Calcium oxalate 75-90%

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Small bowel disease, surgical resection, or chronic diarrhea can lead to what

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Calcium oxalate stones from malabsorption of fatty acids and bile salts….???

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Acyclovir and the kidney

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Can precipitate in renal tubules and cause ARF. Prevent with adequate hydration.

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Acute pyelonephritis: UCx/BCx or Abx first

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UCx/BCx before starting Abx

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Hodgkin’s lymphoma causes what

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Minimal change disease: nephrotic syndrome

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28
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Most common nephropathy associated with cancer

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Membranous nephropathy

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29
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Renal vein thrombosis and what condition connected

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Membranous glomerulonephritis: nephrotic syndrome

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30
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Most common nephrotic syndrome

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Membranous glomerulonephritis in adults

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31
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Contrast-induced nephropathy risk factors

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Patients with diabetes and elevated baseline Cr

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32
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How to prevent contrast damage

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IV hydration with isotonic bicarb and acetylcysteine

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33
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Most common nephrotic syndrome in blacks

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FSGS

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34
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Nephrotic syndrome in HIV and IV drug abuse

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FSGS

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35
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Fibromuscular disease can present in children?

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Yes with a bruit or venous hum at CVA. Angiogram reveals string of beads sign.

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36
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Signs of diabetic nephropathy

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Glomerular hyperfiltration is the earliest sign, which also causes the glomerular injury.

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37
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The first sign of diabetic nephropathy that can be quantitated

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Thickening of the glomerular basement membrane

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38
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Presence of hematuria in a patient with irritative voiding…

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Bladder cancer

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39
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BPH and hematuria

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Not related, neither is suprapubic pain and systemic complaints

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40
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Most common cause of overflow incontinence in old males

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Enlarged prostate

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41
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What to do when you have isolated proteinuria

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Dipstick on at least two other occasions

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42
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Most common causes of interstitial nephritis

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Cephalosporins, penicillins, sulfonamides, lasix, NSAIDs, rifampin, phenytoin, allopurinol.

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43
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Treatment for drug induced interstitial nephritis

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Discontinue the drug

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44
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Medullary cystic disease presents with

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Recurrent UTI, renal stones, and contrast filled cysts demonstrated by IVP

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45
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Old patients with poor oral intake and NSAIDs, ACEIs, and diuretics can have

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Prerenal azotemia due to intravascular volume depletion and poor renal perfusion

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46
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Causes of acute pericarditis

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Viral infection (most common), bacterial infections, connective tissue diseases, uremia

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47
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How to treat patients with pericarditis and RF

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Hemodialysis to get rid of the uremia that is causing the pericarditis

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Indications for hemodialysis

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Refractory hyperkalemia, volume overload not responding to diuretics, refractory metabolic acidosis (pH<7.2), uremic pericarditis, uremic encephalopathy or neuropathy, coagulopathy due to renal failure

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49
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Treating pericarditis

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NSAIDs can help, but they are bad in RF

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50
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Most common glomerulonephritis

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IgA nephropathy

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51
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IgA Nephropathy presents with

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Episodes of gross hematuria, beginning 1-3 days after an upper respiratory infection. Serum complement levels are normal.

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What to do first in complicated acute pyelonephritis

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Start empiric antibiotics

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53
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Signs of drug induced interstitial nephritis

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Eosinophiluria, rash, arthralgias, renal failure

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54
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MOA of cyclosporine

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Calcineurin inhibitor

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55
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Most common SE of cyclosporine

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Nephrotoxicity. Most serious as well.

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MOA of tacrolimus

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Calcineurin inhibitor, same as cyclosporine

57
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Other SEs of cyclosporine

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Nephrotoxicity, hyperkalemia, HTN, gum hypertrophy, hirsutism, and tremor.

58
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Tacrolimus SEs

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Nephrotoxicity, hyperkalemia, HTN, and tremor

59
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Major toxicity of azathioprine

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Dose-related diarrhea, leukopenia, and hepatotoxicity

60
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Major toxicity of mycophenolate

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bone Marrow suppression

61
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Meds that cause hyperkalemia

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ACEIs, NSAIDs, potassium-sparing diuretics

62
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Potassium-sparing diuretics

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Spironolactone and amiloride

63
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Cholesterol embolization

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Follows surgical or interventional manipulation of the arterial tree. Renal failure, livedo reticularis, systemic eosionphilia, and low complement levels should make you think of cholesterol embolism.

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Tx of cholesterol embolization

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Conservative, stop anticoagulation to allow healing of ruptured plaques, steroids don’t help.

65
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Tx of contrast-induced nephropathy

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Hydration, low-osmolality contrast (non-ionic too), limiting amount of contrast. With borderline RF, use prophylactic N-acetylcysteine and fenoldopam (dilates vessels).

66
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DM nephropathy and eosinophils

67
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DM nephopathy time course

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Takes a long time, rapid decline over months is not diabetes

68
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Post-strep glomerulonephritis

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Nephritic syndrome with strep throat or skin infections. Low complement.

69
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Acute Allergic Interstitial Nephropathy signs

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Rash, RF, eosinophilia, eosinophiliuria (Hansel stain)

70
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most common causes of Acute allergic interstitial nephropathy

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Antibiotics, NSAIDs, Thiazides, Phenytoin, Allopurinol

71
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High protein diet and stones

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Increased risk of calcium stones

72
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Recommendations for patients with renal calculi

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  1. Decreased dietary protein and oxalate.
  2. Decreased sodium intake
  3. increased fluid intake
  4. Increased dietary sodium
73
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Tx for uric acid stones

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Alkalinize the urine with Oral Sodium Bicarb or Sodium Citrate to dissolve the stones

74
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Classic triad of Renal cell carcinoma

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Flank pain, hematuria, and a palpable abdominal renal mass (rare triad tho)

75
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Persistent varicocele should make you worry about….

76
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RCC can produce what

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Paraneoplastic conditions like too much erythropoetin.

77
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tx of BPH

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Finasteride or alpha-1 blockers.

78
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Finasteride MOA

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5-alpha reductase inhibitors, acts on epithelial hyperplasia

79
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Terazosin MOA

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Alpha-1 antagonist: Acts on smooth muscle hyperplasia in BPH

80
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Collagen predominance in BPH

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Neither finasteride or alpha-1 blockers work

81
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Most common causes of rhabdo

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  1. Alcoholism. 2. Cocaine use, electrolyte abnormalities (e.g. hypokalemia, hypophosphatemia)
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signs of rhabdo

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Positive dipstick blood, no RBCs. Disproportionate elevation of Cr compared to BUN.

83
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Tx rhabdo

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IV hydration and alkalinize the urine, possible osmotic diuresis

84
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Rhabdo histology

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Acute Tubular Necrosis. measure serum CK

85
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Cryoglobulinemia presentation

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Palpable purpura, glomerulonephritis, non-specific systemic symptoms, arthralgias, hepatosplenomegaly, peripheral neuropathy, and hypocomplementemia.

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What dz makes you think of Cryoglobulinemia

87
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Henoch-Schonlein purpura

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Childhood, palpable purpura on butt, abd. pain, arthalgias, proteinuria, and hematuria with RBC casts on UA. normal serum complement. No HCV connection.

88
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Microscopic Polyangiitis presentation

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Constitutional symptoms of fever and malaise. Abd. pain, hematuria, with active urinary sediment and purpura. Positive ANCAs. Normal serum complement, serology usually negative.

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Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

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Nephrotic-range proteinuria and hematuria.

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Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis histology

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Dense intramembranous deposits that stain for C3.

91
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Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type 2 cause

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IgG against C3 taht leads to persistent complement activation and kidney damage

92
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Goodpasture’s syndrome big sign

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Anti-GBM antibodies

93
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What diseases have immune-complex mediated

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SLE, post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis

94
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cause of idiopathic crescentic glomerulonephritis

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Cell-mediated injury

95
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Definition of Nephrotic syndrome

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Proteinuria >3.5 g/day, hypoalbuminemia, edema, hyperlipiedmia, and lipiduria

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Most common Nephrotic syndrome in adults and kids

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Adults: Membranous glomerulopathy
Kids: Minimal Change disease

97
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Complications of Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease

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Rupture of brain aneurysm and AAA

98
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Pulmonary hemorrhage in what disease

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Goodpastures and Wegeners

99
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Nephrotic syndrome and blood clotting

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Hypercoagulable: watch for venous or arterial thrombosis

100
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Classic findings of amyloidosis

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Renal amyloid deposits that show apple-green birefringence under polarized light after congo red staining

101
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Most common cause of painless hematuria in adults

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Bladder tumors

102
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Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis presentation

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hematuria, HTN, red cell casts, and mild proteinuria

103
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Goodpasture’s syndrome tx

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Emergency plasmapharesis

104
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Wegener’s granulomatosis tx

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Cyclophosphamide and steroids

105
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Simple renal cysts tx

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Benign and require no further evaluation. They look very simple and cyst like, anything that looks a little different than a thinly walled globe needs more evaluation.

106
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What to do for pyelonephritis that doesn’t respond after 48-72 hrs of appropriate Abx

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U/S or imaging

107
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Pathology of DM nephropathy

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nodular glomerulosclerosis but diffuse glomerulosclerosis is more common

108
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Tx for serious-gram negative infections

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Aminoglycosides like amikacin which are nephrotoxic

109
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Most common cause of priapism

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Prazosin, but think of trazodone

110
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Most common cause of acute epididymitis in young vs. old men

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Chlamydia and gonorrhea in young men. Gram-negative rods in Older men

111
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Non-inflammatory chronic prostatitis presentation

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Afebrile and irritative voiding

112
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Most common cause of abnormal hemostasis in CRF

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Platelet dysfunction due to uremia

113
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Treating uremic coagulopathy

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DDAVP to release factor VII von Willebrand factor

114
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Anemia and ESRD

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Deficiency of erythropoeitein. Normocytic/normochromic. Most common side effect of giving erythropoetin is HTN, HA, and flu like symptoms

115
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HTN nephropathy pathology

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Arterioslecrotic lesions of afferent and efferent renal arterioles and glomerula capillary tufts

116
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Diabetes nephorpathy pathology

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Increased extracellular matrix, BM thickening, mesangial expansion, and fibrosis

117
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How to treat fibromuscular dysplasia

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percutaneous angioplasty with stent placement.

118
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Cause of hepatorenal syndrome

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Renal vasoconstriction

119
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Hepatorenal syndrome tx

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liver transplantation

120
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Analgesic nephropathy presentation

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Woman with chronic headaches with painless hematuria caused by papillary necrosis.

121
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Analgesic nephropathy cause

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Chronic tubulointerstial damage leading to papillary necrosis

122
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Tx acute rejection

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IV steroids

123
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Most common cause of death in dialysis patients

124
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Alport’s syndrome presentation

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Familial disorder with recurrent gross hematuria and proteinuria. Sensorineural deafness too.

125
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Alport’s syndrome pathology

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Alternating areas of thinned and thickened capillary loops with splitting of the GBM

126
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When to suspect Alport’s syndrome?

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Recurrent hematuria, sensorineural deafness, and FH of RF

127
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Preferred treatment for UTIs

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Oral Bactrim for uncomplicated cystitis

128
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UCx for uncomplicated cystitis?

129
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Muddy brown granular casts are from

130
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RBC casts

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Glomerulonephritis

131
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WBC casts

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interstitial nephritis and pyelonephritis

132
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Fatty casts

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Nephrotic syndrome

133
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Broad and wazy casts

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Chronic renal Failure

134
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What causes diabetic glomerulosclerosis

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Diabetic microangiopathy

135
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Young black male with painless hematuria is

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Sickle Cell Trait

136
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ADPKD signs

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HTN, hepatic cysts, intracranial berry aneurysms.

137
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Hep B infection and nephrotic syndrome

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Membranous glomerulonephritis

138
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Why wouldn’t you be able to pee if you have BPH and pain

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You can’t valsalva

139
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Most common cause of acute bacterial prostatitis in old men

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