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Urinary Tract Calculi Flashcards

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What are urinary tract calculi? (2 things)

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  1. Stones formed anywhere in UT
  2. Caused by precipitations of solutes in urine
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What are some general risk factors for urinary tract calculi? (3 things)

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  1. Male
  2. FHx
  3. Dehydration (increases concentration of urine solutes)
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What medical conditions increase the risk of urinary tract calculi? (5 things)

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  1. UTI
  2. Gout (high uric acid)
  3. Hyperparathyroidism (high Ca)
    4 HTN
  4. DM
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What features of a diet increase the risk of urinary tract calculi? (3 things)

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  1. High Na = reduces Na + Ca reabs @ PCT = hypercalciuria
  2. High Ca
  3. High oxalate
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What medications increase the risk of urinary tract calculi?

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Loop diuretics = X Ca reabs @ DCT

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What foods increase oxalate? (5 things)

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  1. Chocolate
  2. Tea
  3. Rhubarbs
  4. Strawberries
  5. Nuts
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What causes Calcium oxalate stones?

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Metabolic / idiopathic

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What causes Calcium phosphate stones?

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Metabolic / idiopathic

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What causes Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate stones?

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UTI

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What causes Urate stones?

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Hyperuricaemia

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What causes Cystine phosphate stones?

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Renal tubular defects

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What are the most common sites for stones to lodge? (3 things)

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  1. Pelviureteric junction (renal pelvis + ureter)
  2. Pelvic brim (ureteral crossing of iliac vessels)
  3. Vesicoureteric junction (urinary bladder + ureter)
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When can urinary tract calculi be asymptomatic? (2 things)

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  1. Small stones
  2. Stones @ renal pelvis / bladder
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What are the clinical features of urinary tract calculi? (6 things)

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  1. Fever (inf / pyelonephritis)
  2. N+V
  3. Abd pain (colicky, unilateral) (bc ureteric obst)
  4. Costophrenic Angle Tenderness
  5. Haematuria
  6. Inability to lie still (differentiates from peritonitis)
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What is Costovertebral Angle tenderness?

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Where does the Abd pain in Urinary Tract Calculi radiate to? (2 things)

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  1. Groin
  2. Testes / labia majora
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What are other differentials that present similarly to urinary tract calculi? (4 things)

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  1. Acute appendicitis
  2. Biliary colic
  3. Diverticulitis
  4. Testicular torsion
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How do you differentiate Acute Appendicitis from Urinary Tract Calculi?

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UTC = causes FLANK pain

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How do you differentiate Biliary Colic from Urinary Tract Calculi?

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UTC pain NOT related to eating

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How do you differentiate Diverticulitis from Urinary Tract Calculi?

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UTC NO bloody stools

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How do you differentiate Testicular Torsion from Urinary Tract Calculi?

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UTC = causes FLANK pain

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What lab tests should be done for Urinary Tract Calculi? (5 things)

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  1. Urine dip (haematuria / infection)
  2. FBC (raised WCC in infection)
  3. CRP (raised in infection)
  4. U&Es
    - renal function
    - urate + calcium levels (to find stone type)
    - stone in urine –> retrieve + analyse to find type
  5. Urine culture (if infection present)
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What is the Gold standard imaging for Urinary Tract Calculi?

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Non-contrast CT of KUB (kidneys ureters and bladder)

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Why is non-contrast CT of KUB the Gold standard imaging for UTC? (2 things)

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  1. 99% stones visible
  2. Excludes acute abdomen differentials (e.g ruptured AAA)
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What are the disadvantages of AXR for UTC?
Not all stones are radio-opaque
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When can a US be done for UTC?
To assess for hydronephrosis (kidney swelling)
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What is the disadvantage of US for UTC?
Detects renal stones but NOT ureteric stones
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How should all patients with UTC be managed initially? (3 things)
1. IV fluid resus 2. Analgesia 3. Abx if infection (piperacillin / tazobactam / gentamicin)
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After initial management of a UTC patient what does the next management depend on?
Size of stones
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How should a patient with a stone smaller than 5mm be managed?
Just observe (stone will pass by itself)
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How should a patient with a 5-10mm stone be managed?
1. alpha-blockers (tamsulosin) 2. Calcium channel blockers (nifedipine)
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How do alpha-blockers and Calcium channel blockers help patients with UTC? (2 things) How?
1. Promote stone expulsion 2. Reduce analgesia req By dilating + relaxing ureters
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How should a patient with a 10-20mm stone be managed? (2 things)
1. ESWL (extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy) 2. Ureteroscopy
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How does ESWL help a patient with UTC?
US shock waves shatter stone
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What are the contraindications for ESWL in UTC patients?
Obese patients because poor penetration of US waves
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What are the side fx of ESWL used in UTC? (3 things)
1. Renal injury 2. Increased BP 3. DM
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How should a patient with a 20+ mm stone be managed? (2 things)
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (key whole surgery to remove stone)
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How should a patient with a Calcium stone be managed? (3 things)
1. Low sodium diet = increases Na + Ca reabs @ _PCT_ 2. Thiazide **_d_**iuretics = increases Ca reabs @ _DCT_ 3. Citrate (dissolves Calcium oxalate crystals)
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How should a patient with a Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate stone be managed?
Abx (bc caused by UTI)
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How should a patient with a Urate stone be managed? (2 things)
1. Potassium citrate = alkalises urine = dissolves crystals 2. Allopurinol = reduces uric acid prod
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How should a patient with a Cystine stone be managed?
Tiopronin / Penicillamine = chelates crystals
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What are the complications of UTC? (3 things)
1. Hydronephrosis (swollen kidney) 2. Acute Pyelonephritis 3. Post-renal AKI
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What is Acute Pyelonephritis? (2 things)
1. Bac overgrowth caused by stone obstructing UT 2. Renal pelvis inflamm (complication of UTC)
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How does Acute Pyelonephritis present? (4 things)
1. Fever 2. Frequency 3. Urgency 4. Dysuria
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What is hydronephrosis? (2 things)
1. Proximal accum of urine caused by stone obstructing UT 2. Renal pelvis + calyx dilation (visible in US) (complication of UTC)

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