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Patient with nephrotic syndrome has an increased risk of developing?

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Stroke or MI because they are hypercoagulable

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Patient on dialysis most likely to die from?

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Cardiovascular disease >Infection >dialysis withdrawal

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Complicated cystitis versus uncomplicated?

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Very young, very old, diabetic, immunocompromised, pregnant, abnormal anatomy

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When are you worried about contrast induced nephropathy? Consider using?

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Diabetes or baseline creatinine >1.5.

Consider using non-ionic contrast

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FSGS associated with?

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African-American, HIV heroin use, obesity

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Patient history of rheumatoid arthritis presents with proteinuria. Likely kidney pathology?

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Amyloidosis

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Treatment of Goodpasture’s?

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Emergency plasmapheresis

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Think of rhabdomyolysis with this lab finding?

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CPK > 20,000

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Lab findings suggest ATN?

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  1. Urine osmolality < 350
  2. Urine sodium > 40
  3. FEna> 2%
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Side effects of EPO?

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  1. HTN
  2. Headaches
  3. Flu-like
  4. RBC aplasia
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Crystalloid vs colloid solutions?

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Saline vs albumin

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Signs of RCC?

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Triad: hematuria, flank pain, palpable abdominal mass

Also can see: scrotal varicocele, ectopic EPO

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Pt with C3 deposition in kidneys? Mech?

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Membranoproliferative GN type II (IgG antibodies aka C3 nephritic factor against C3 convertase)

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Causes of euvolemic hypoNa?

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SIADH, hypothyroid, hypoadrenal, psychogenic polydipsia

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Drug that causes ADH resistance?

Drug that sensitized kidneys to ADH?

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Li

Carbamazepine

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Tx of psychogenic polydipsia?

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Water restriction

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ways to correct hyperK? (Quickest first)

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  1. Ca
  2. Glucose + insulin (15-20 min)
  3. Kayexalate takes 1-2 hours
  4. Beta-2 agonists
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Hypophosphatemia can cause?

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Rhabdo, paresthesias, respiratory failure

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Possible cause of difficult to correct hypoK?

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HypoMg

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Smoke inhalation can cause what acid-base disorder?

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Met acidosis: CO binds to heme, decreased O2 to tissues, lactic acidosis

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Met alk - formula to assess compensation?

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PaCO2 = .9*bicarb +16 +/-2

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Vomiting - mech of alk?

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Volume loss triggers RAAS

Na/H antiporter activated

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Tx of euvolemic hyperNa vs hypovolemic hyperNa?

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D5W vs NS then D5W

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Adrenal tumor causing virilization releases?

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DHEA-S (-S variant only comes from adrenal gland)

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Ca correction?

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(4/5) (4.0- albumin) + Ca

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Types of met alk?

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  1. Cl sensitive - hypocloremic (urine Cl<20) and hypovolemic. Give saline.
  2. Cl resistant - normal Cl. Normal volume. Saline ineffective.
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Causes of Cl resistant metabolic alkalosis?

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Bartter syndrome (defect in TAL Na resorption)
Gitelman syndrome
Black licorice

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Renal vein thrombosis leading to pain and gross hematuria most commonly associated with what finding on kidney biopsy?

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Membranous GN

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GN post infection - possibilities? Distinguishing features?

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  1. IgA nephropathy - ~5 days after infection, normal complement levels.
  2. Post-strep GN 10-20 days post infection. Low complement
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Most common type of GN related to cancer? Exception?

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Membranous. Hogkin’s related to MCD

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Pt with chronic renal failure - effect on bleeding time, PT, PTT? Cause? Tx?

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increased, no change, no change

due to platelet dysfunction from uremic coagulopathy.

DDAVP

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Immunosupressant side effects: cyclosporine vs tacrolimus vs azathioprine vs mycophenylate?

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Neuro, Nephro, GI, HTN, gingival hyperplasia, hirstutism

as above without gingival hyperplasia and hirstutism

diarrhea, leukopenia, hepatotoxicity

Marrow supression

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Symptoms of allergic interstitial nephritis? Causes?

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AKI, arthralgias, WBC casts with eosinophils

rifampin, penicillian, cephalosporin, bactrim

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Types of kidney stones:

Normal pt? if has a family hx? If has cancer (high cell turnover)? with hx of UTIs?

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Ca oxalate; cystene; uric acid; struvite

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Acylovir - adverse effect on kidney?

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renal tubular obstruction

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tx for uric acid stone?

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urine alkylization with potassium citrate

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Epididymitis in younger vs older males?

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Chamydia and gonorrhea

vs

E coli

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UA shows: deformed RBCs and casts vs unchanged RBCs?

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glomerular vs tubular injury

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Management of nephrolithiasis?

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  1. Imaging scan – CT
  2. Narcaotics and NSAIDs
  3. If stone 2 L per day
  4. Consult Uro if anuria, urosepsis or ARF
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Dietary recommendations for patients with renal calculi?

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  1. Decrease protein abd oxalate intake
  2. Decrease sodium intake
  3. Increased fluid intake
  4. Increase calcium intake
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Management of a patient with suspected pyelonephritis?

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Blood cultures followed by IV antibiotics

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Patient with acute prostatitis – Next step?

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Culture mid-stream urine sample

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Cause of renal artery stenosis in lung vs old?

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Fibromuscular dysplasa vs artgeromatous plaque

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Acute interstitial nephritis vs acute renal failure - UA findings? Antibiotics that cause each?

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Eosinophils and WBC casts vs epithelial cell casts

Aminoglycosides vs penicillins

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Analgesic abuse - effect on kidneys?

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FSGS

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HIV - effect on kidneys?

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FSGS

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Causes of priapism?

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  1. Children - Sickle cell and leukemia
  2. Trauma
  3. Neurogenic (SC injury and cauda equina)
  4. Meds - trazadone and prazosin
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Possibilities if radiograph doesn’t show a stone in a pt with a typical renal colic? (and Tx)

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  1. If urine pH< 3 mm (HCT)

3. Non-stone causes (clots)

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First change in diabetic nephropathy? First quantifiable change?

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Hyperfiltration; basement membrane thickening

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Indications for cystoscopy?

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#Hematuria without signs of infection of glomerular disease, or with risk of malignancy
#Recurrent UTIs
#Obstructive symptoms (signs of bladder stone)
#abnormal bladder imagine of urine cytology
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Membranous Nephropathy Associated with?

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#Adenocarcinoma
#NSAIDS
#Hep B
#SLE
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Membranoproliferative GN associated with?

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#Hep C
#lipodystrophy
53
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Minimal Change Disorder associated with?

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#NSAIDS
#Lymphoma
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IgA Nephropathy associated with?

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URI

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Pt with Ca Oxalate stones - recommendations?

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#increase fluids
#Increase Ca intake
#decrease Na and oxalate (no chocolate, vit C)
#Decrease protein intake
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Meds that cause hyperK?

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ABCD
#ACE inhibitors
#Beta blockers
#Cardiac glycosides (Digoxin)
#[K-sparing] Diuretics (amiloride, spirolactone)
#NSAIDS

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