Robbins Ch 20 Part I Flashcards
Azotemia is mostly due to?
What is the BUN/Cr ratio for prerenal azotemia?
What is the ratio for postrenal azotemia?
1) Decreased GFR
2) BUN/Cr > 20
3) BUN/Cr < 20
How does nephritic syndrome differ from nephrotic syndrome?
Nephritic syndrome is associated with hematuria and HTN while Nephrotic syndrome is associated with severe proteinuria
Which syndrome shows classic presentations of acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis?
Which causes subepithelial deposits?
1) Nephritic syndrome
2) Nephrotic syndrome
What is acute kidney injury characterized as?
Chronic kidney disease?
1) Rapid decline in GFR (hours to days)
2) Diminished GFR that is persistently less than 60ml/min/1.73m2 for at least 3 months and/or persistent albuminuria
End stage renal disease is the terminal stage of?
Uremia
Urinary Tract infections are characterized by?
Bacteriuria and pyuria (bacteria and leukocytes in the urine, respectively)
The visceral epithelial cell layer of the glomerulus is important for the maintenance of?
Glomerular barrier function
In most forms of glomerular injury, loss of normal slit diaphragms is a key event in the development of?
Proteinuria
What is associated with focal nodular glomerulosclerosis?
Diabetes
What is characterized by an accumulation of material that is homogenous and eosinophilic by light microscopy?
Hyalinosis
What is characterized by deposition of ECM collagen and seen with a trichrome stain (blue)?
Sclerosis
Membranous Nephropathy is due to antibody binding to?
It forms characteristic deposits of immune complexes along what aspect of the basement membrane?
What appearance does it have on electron microscopy?
How does it respond to corticosteroids?
What is the principal immunoglobulin deposited in cases of primary membranous nephropathy?
1) PLA2R (phospholipase A2 receptor)
2) Subepithelial
3) Spike and Dome
4) Not well
5) IgG4
What causes simultaneous lung and kidney lesions resulting in hematuria and hemoptysis?
Goodpasture syndrome
What is the pattern of deposition on immunofluorescence for membranous nephropathy?
For Goodpasture syndrome?
1) Granular pattern of deposition
2) Linear pattern of deposition
What is the most common cause of nephritic syndrome in adults?
What is it treated with?
1) Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
2) Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors
There is a strong correlation between the decline of renal function and the amount of?
Tubulointerstitial fibrosis
What are the original infections typically seen 1-4 weeks prior that can lead to nephritic syndrome?
1) Post-streptococcal A (pyogenes) Beta-Hemolytic Pharyngitis
OR
2) Skin Infection
What antibody has been localized to the “hump-like” deposits in the subepithelial space characteristic of PSGN?
Antibody against pyogenic exotoxin B (SpeB)
What is seen on light microscopy for nephritic syndrome?
What is seen on immunofluorescence?
What is seen on electron microscopy?
1) Enlarged and Hypercellular glomeruli
2) Granular deposits of IgG and C3
3) Electron dense deposit on the subepithelial side causing an appearance of “humps”
What do the labs show for nephritic syndrome?
1) Elevated ASO titers
2) Low serum complement levels
Post-infectious glomerulonephritis due to staphylococcal infections differs by sometimes producing immune deposits containing?
IgA rather than IgG
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis is characterized by?
Severe glomerular injury associated with the formation of crescents in most glomeruli