Tubular Disease Flashcards
Types of Acute Tubular Injury?
Ischemic
Nephrotic
What is the most common cause of Acute Kidney Injury?
Acute tubular injury
Is ATI reversible?
Yes 100% if caught early
What causes ATI
Epithelium injury causes detaching and obstruction
This leads to a decrease in GFR and O2 delivery
ATI morphology?
swollen kidneys
pale cortex
What do you see in Ischemic ATI?
Segmental necrosis
Skip areas
Tubulorrhexis
What do you see in Nephrotoxic ATI?
Uniform involvement
No tubulorrhexis
Where do you see casts in ATI
DCT and CD
Where is the extensive necrosis in nephrotoxix ATI
PCT
Initiation phase of ATI?
36 hrs
Slight decrease in urine output
inc in BUN
Maintenance phase of ATI?
5-7 days
Oliguria (4-400ml/day)
Na/H2O overload with inc BUN
hyperkalemia
acidosis
Recovery ATI phase?
10-14 days
steady inc urine volume
vulnerable to infection
What area does acute pyelonephritis effect
Lower urinary tract infection
What causes acute pyelonephritis
85% gram neg bacilli
E. Coli (Num 1)
Proteus
Klebsiella
Enterobacter
What types of infection can cause acute pyelonephritis
Hematogenous
Ascending infection (more common)
Explain ascending infection
acute pyelonephritis
urethra to bladder (women more prone)
bladder to kidney (urine outflow obstruction BPH)
Intrarenal reflux goes to upper and lower poles
In ascending infection, what reflux do we see
vesicoureteral reflux
Vesicoureteral valve is incompetent