Renal/Urinary tract Flashcards
What is acute pyelonephritis?
Acute inflammation of the parenchyma typically involving the pyelocaliceal lining
Acute pyelonephritis affects _________ more frequently than ________.
Females
Male
What age range is acute pyelonephritis typically identified in?
15-30 years
Lab results with acute pyelonephritis
Elevated WBC
Pyuria
Bacteremia
Microscopic hematuria
What is emphysematous pyelonephritis?
Life threatening infection of renal parenchyma with gas formation in tissue or collecting system
Emphysematous pyelonephritis affects males more frequently than females (2:1)
T/F
False
Clinical presentation of Emphysematous pyelonephritis
Fever/chills Flank pain Lethargy Confusion Dehydration Acidosis Electrolyte imbalance
Gas within parenchyma or collecting system will produce what kind of artifact?
Ring down reverberations
It is uncommon for Emphysematous pyelonephritis to extend into perirenal space.
T/F
False, 80% do
What is the mortality rate for Emphysematous pyelonephritis?
High, 30-75% depending on treatment
Ultrasound is the most reliable and sensitive imaging modality for Emphysematous pyelonephritis.
T/F
False, CT
What is chronic pyelonephritis?
Interstitial nephritis from ongoing/recurring UTIs
What is acute tubular necrosis?
Temporary reversible renal failure due to significant reduction in tubular blood flow rate as a result of drugs or ischemia producing processes that increase arteriole resistance
Exposure to mercury, uranium, antifreeze or arsenic can increase the risk of:
Acute tubular necrosis
ATN will present with:
Oliguria
Uremia
Electrolyte imbalance
With ATN, the kidneys will measure larger in the ______ dimension.
AP
Pyonephrosis is the presence of pus in the urinalysis collecting system secondary to:
Ureteral obstruction
What are some Sonographic traits of pyonephrosis?
Hydro
Low level echo particles in dilated calyces
Acute glomerulonephritis occurs where?
In the corticomedullary junction
Acute glomerulonephritis is:
Inflammation and necrosis of the glomeruli
Acute glomerulonephritis is usually associated with:
Autoimmune and other systemic disease processes
Clinical presentation of acute glomerulonephritis
Oliguria
N/V
Fever
Hypertension
Lab values with acute glomerulonephritis
Hematuria
Elevated BUN, creatinine and potassium
Azotemia
With acute glomerulonephritis there is focal increase in the cortical echogenicity that makes the normal medulla appear prominent.
T/F
False, diffuse
Schistosomiasis is endemic in:
Puerto Rico, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
A 30 year old patient presents with flank pain, dysuria and has blood and albumin in their urine. The kidneys appear normal but the bladder wall is thickened with some calcifications. What is the likely diagnosis?
Schistosomiasis
Urinary tuberculosis is an infestation to the kidney of mycobacterium tuberculosis from:
An extraurinary source
Urinary tuberculosis affects female more frequently.
T/F
False, females
Urinary tuberculosis affects people that are usually less than:
50 years age
Urinary tuberculosis is usually bilateral or unilateral?
Unilateral
Acute urinary tuberculosis appears as:
Enlarged kidney
Multiple focal lesions (tuberculomas)
Possible UVJ edema/obstruction and hydroureter
Chronic urinary tuberculosis appears as:
Decreased renal size
Varying scarring and obstruction from fibrotic changes
Eventually shrunken, no functioning, and calcified
What is it called when a kidney is shrunken and calcified and no longer functions?
Autonephrectomy or putty kidney
Diabetics are affected twice as often with:
Renal abscesses
ATN accounts for 75% of
Acute renal failure
Chronic renal failure may be a result of:
Chronic infection/inflammation Long standing vascular disease Diseases affecting blood protein levels Diabetes, gout, hypercalcemia Congenital renal diseases Hepatorenal syndrome and radiation
Four classifications of renal failure causes
Prerenal
Renal
Postrenal
Congenital
Prerenal causes of renal failure
When the kidney isn’t getting enough blood Hemorrhage Cardiac failure Fluid and electrolyte depletion Liver failure
These are the most common causes of renal failure
Renal classification: ATN Glomerulonephritis Tubointerstitial nephritis Arterial/venous obstruction Cortical necrosis
Postrenal causes of renal failure
The least common Outflow obstruction processes like: Enlarged prostate Urinary calculi Neoplasms
Congenital causes of renal failure
Polycystic kidney disease
Multicystic kidney disease
Medullary cystic disease
Lab values associated with renal failure
Elevated BUN and creatinine
Proteinuria
Anemia
Uremia
cortical diseases that only affect the CORTEX include:
Renal transplant rejection Acute/chronic glomerulonephritis Acute lupus nephritis (and other forms) Diabetic/hypertensive nephrosclerosis Methemoglobinuric renal failure
Cortical disease has lab values of:
Increased BUN and creatinine Decreased serum calcium Low urinary specific gravity Proteinuria, RBC/WBC in urine Anemia
Parapelvic cysts are:
Fluid filled mass of lymphatic origin in renal sinus
Sono traits of parapelvic cysts
Usually multiple Usually bilateral May be complex Easy to mistake for hydronephrosis Do not communicate with each other or the calices
MDKD stands for:
Multicystic dysplastic kidney disease
What is MDKD?
Developmental anomaly resulting in multiple renal cysts and fibrosis of kidney
What is the most common renal cystic disease in infants?
Multicystic dysplastic kidney disease
MDKD is more often bilateral.
T/F
False, unilateral occurs more often
Unilateral MDKD affects:
Males more often
Left kidney more often
Bilateral MDKD is more common in infants with:
Diabetic mothers
Bilateral MDKD is uniformly fatal.
T/F
True
IPKD is:
Infantile polycystic kidney disease
IPKD is AKA ARPKD which stands for:
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
IPKD is an:
Autosomal recessive inherited disorder characterized by abnormal proliferation and dilatation of renal tubules resulting in multiple tiny cysts bilaterally
IPKD is more frequent in:
Females (1:70)
ARPKD occurs more frequently than ADPKD.
T/F
False, less frequent