week 3 Renal Flashcards
proteinuria is a hallmark of
- renal disease
- Urinary protein excretion of >150 mg/day (10 to 20 mg/dL)
- can be benign or something bad
what is the most accurate way to quantify protein in urine?
24 hour urine collection
proteinuria before 24 weeks gestation indicates
glomerulonephritis./renal related
refer to OB (even if BP is normal)
Proteinuria after 24 weeks’ gestation is usually a sign of
preeclampsia
refer to OB
what to assess in HPI for proteinuria?
- personal and family history (esp. renal and DM).
- Assess: Chronic illness, surgery, diagnostic procedures (contrast media), urinary frequency or symptoms suggesting infection, risk factors, HIV infection
- Prescription and OTC (NSAIDs)
proteinuria diagnostics
- repeat dipstick
- bens jones proteins (MM)
- urine dipstick
- UA C&S
- CBC w diff
- fasting blood glucose
- HbA1c
- lipid profile
- 24 hr urinary protein excretion or spot urinary protein/creatinine ratio
proteinuria differentials
Transient proteinuria
• Persistent proteinuria
• Orthostatic proteinuria or nonorthostatic proteinuria • Glomerulonephritis
• Diabetic nephropathy
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Vasculitis
• Medications
proteinuria management
- ACE inhibitors reduce proteinuria by decreasing interglomerular pressure
- If have hyperlipidemia and/or hypertension, treat aggressively
- Patients with chronic renal failure should be managed aggressively
- eliminate trigger
- Na/ protein restricted diets
hematuria characterized by
- more than 3 RBCs per high-power microscopic field (hpf)
- transient - 1 occasion
- persistent - 2 or more consecutive occasions
- visible vs occult
what is the first q you want to ask a child bearing woman if have hematuria?
when was your last menstrual period
what can cause hematuria
- Diet, physical activity, and menstrual history, recent travel, nephrolithiasis
- meds: beta lactam antiboitics, sulfonamides, NSAIDs, rifampin, zyloprim, Tagamet, dilantin, anticoagulant
- caffeine, spices, chocolate, alcohol, citrus fruits, soy sauce
hematuria physical exam
- Costovertebral angle tenderness:
- Abdominal mass:
- Suprapubic tenderness:
- Urethral discharge:
- Enlarged and/or tender prostate: b
- Costovertebral angle tenderness: pyelonephritis / UTI
- Abdominal mass: neoplasm, polycystic kidney disease
- Suprapubic tenderness: bladder etiology
- Urethral discharge: urethritis
- Enlarged and/or tender prostate: benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatitis
if see casts in urine…
injury to NEPHRON!
proteinuria AND hematuria suggests
- glomerular or interstitial nephritis
proteinuria AND hematuria suggests
- glomerular or interstitial nephritis
Gross hematuria suggests
- acute cystitis, urethritis, UTI
often seen with acute obstruction and is usually caused by calculi or bladder tumor, or infection
in pregnant or pediatric pt, what diagnostic would you want to do?
ultrasound spare radiation from CT
risks/triggers of kidney stones
- Diet (e.g., salt, oxalate, calcium)
- Dehydration
- High-mineral-content drinking water
- Tea, grapefruit/apple juice, cola, sports/energy drinks
- Sedentary lifestyle/occupation—drivers/desk workers
- Family history
- Gout, primary hyperparathyroidism, short bowel syndrome, hyperinsulinism, etc.
how do kidney stones form?
d/t elevated levels of stone forming salts and inadequate inhibitory proteins
most common stone in diabetics
uric acid stones
majority of acute renal and urinary calculi can be managed
- conservatively through oral hydration, pain management, and expectant stone passage.
kidney stone clinical presentation
- sx based on location
- acute renal or ureteral colic
- n/v
- hematuria
- fever and cills
- dysuria
- increase urinary frequency
- vague abdominal flank or groin pain
stones < 6-8mm…
conserv management
stones > 8mm…
- Surgical management
- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)
- Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL)
- Ureteroscopy (URS)
- Monitor/lifestyle adaptations, ongoing pH surveillance
if microscopy is positive for RBC and negative for heme,
look at microscopy and morphology of RBC
if abnormal RBC, can be glomerular cause
Oliguria, gross hematuria, strep rash or HSP, lethargy, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, weight gain with abrupt onset
post infectious glomerulonephritis
send to urology asap
after treating UTI with hematuria, always
repeat UA just in case there’s is hematuria
does isolated, transient hematuria or hematuria related to a UTI need a referral?
no, only if to evaluate other causes of hematuria, bc high risk of malignancy
if have large amounts of frank hematuria, severe flank pain suggestive of renal calculi, unstable vital signs, signs of urologic obstruction, or acute renal failure = urgent referral
gross hematuria with abdominal pain, with or without bloody stools, arthralgias, and purpuric rash
Consider Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP)
gross hematuria, proteinuria, precipitated by viral infections or strenuous exercise,
- episode lasts <72 hrs
blood pressure and C3 is normal & no edema is present
Consider IgA nephropathy aka Bergers disease
orthostatic proteinuria
child excretes abnormal amounts of protein when upright but normal amounts when lying down.
Persistent asymptomatic proteinuria
common, transient phenomenon in which an otherwise healthy child, with normal clinical and laboratory workup, has an abnormally high level of protein in the urine.
if benign etiology or if treat for UTI and there is microscopic hematuria,
repeat UA after treatment. if UA negative, repeat UA yearly
what is considered abnormal trace of protein in urine?
1+ on dip stick
30 mg/dL
sulfosalicyclic acid test can also detect all forms of proteinuria
initial work up for child with proteinuria:
get first morning dipstick test (if >1), get UPR/Cr ratio (if < 0.2) or abnormal urinalysis → get further PE and hx, and lab tests