RENAL/UROLOGY

Question 1

Maximum safe rate of potassium infusion?

Answer 1

10mmol/hour

Question 2

Most likely cause of death from Dialysis

Answer 2

Ischaemic Heart Disease

Question 3

mx of hypercalciuria causing renal stones

Answer 3

thiazide diuretcis

Question 4

Alt for spiro if gynae too much?

Answer 4

Eplerenone

Question 5

What is sevelamer used for

Answer 5

Phosphate replacement

Question 6

What is a normal anion gap

Answer 6

6-16

Question 7

What classifies urinary retention as high pressure

Answer 7

if there is renal dysfunction or hydronephrosis

Question 8

When to refer to nephrology in CKD?

Answer 8

When Egfr below 30 or DROP IN 15 IN A YEAR

Question 9

Prognosis for HSP

Prognosis for Nephrotic Syndrome in a Child

Answer 9

Full Renal Recovery

Recovery but with frequent relapse.

Question 10

UROLOGICAL SE of SSRI’s

Answer 10

ED

Question 11

BP targets in those with CKD and T2DM

Answer 11

<130/80

Question 12

Mx of salicylate poisoning

Answer 12

IV Sodium Bicarbonate

Question 13

Mx of benzodiapene overdose

Answer 13

Flumenazil

Question 14

Mx of opiate overdose

Answer 14

Naloxone

Question 15

Prostatitis mx

Answer 15

Ciproflox for 14 days

Question 16

Definitive Mx of Renal Stones

Answer 16

Lithotripsy
Pregnant: Ureteroscopy
Complex or staghorn: Percutaneous Nepjrolithotomy

Question 17

Thickened Basement Membrane
PLA2R
Sub Epithelial Spikes

Answer 17

MEMBRANOUS NEPHROPATHY

Question 18

Surgical Mx of Bladder Cancer

Answer 18

Superficial Lesion: Transurethral resection

Deeper: Radical Cystectomy or radical radio

Question 19

Urgent Ix in renal colic and why

Answer 19

U+E’s to assess renal function

Question 20

At what stage does RCC commonly become symptomatic

Answer 20

4

Question 21

Differentiation between HSP and ITP

Answer 21

HSP has polyarthralgia and ITP does not

Question 22

Common radiologic finding of CKD

Exceptions?

Answer 22

Bilaterally shrunken

Amyloid
HIV
Diabetic
ADPKD

BILATERALLY ENLARGED

Question 23

Acceptable level of reduction in renal function in kidney patients taking an ACE

Answer 23

Decrease in EGFR in 25

Increases in Creatinine by 30%

Question 24

What is alfacalcidol used as

Answer 24

Vit D replacement in. end stage renal disease