Urology, Opthalmology Flashcards
Posterior urethral valve pathogenesis
Difficulty getting urine out
Posterior urethral valve patient presentation
No urine on day one, oligohydramnios, increased creatinine
How to diagnose posterior urethral valves?
Catheterize, then do a VCUG
How to treat posterior urethral valves
Catheterize then resect and reimplant
Circumcise epi/hypospadias?
Save foreskin
UPJ obstruction pathogenesis
Narrow lumen catheter, obstruction with high flows
How does UPJ obstruction present?
Normal with normal flow, but with large diuresis there is colicky abdominal pain
How to diagnose UPJ obstruction?
IV pyelogram
How to treat UPJ obstruction?
Stenting and surgery.
Low implantation of ureter?
Boys are asymptomatic but girls have normal voiding and constant leak
How to diagnose low implantation of ureter?
IV pyelogram
Vesicoureteral reflux?
2 way bladder ->ureter valves. Ascending bacteria. Frequent UTIs or any pyelonephritis. Surgery, empiric antibiotic abx, ppx
Hematuria
Kids don’t pee blood unless huge trauma, any blood in urine requires US IVP CT.