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What is the most common cause of TIN (Tubulointerstitial nephritis)?
APN (Acute pyelonephritis)
APN (Acute pyelonephritis) is most common in male/female?
APN is
female>male
What is the most common cause of APN?
E. Coli
VUR (Vesicoureteral reflux) = ?
urine refluxes into the ureters during micturition
What is the most common mechanism for upper/lower UTIs in females?
Ascending infection
Findings in APN and NOT lower UTIs?
Pain in fever, flank
WBC casts in urine
Causes of CPN (Chronic pyeonephritis)?
VUR (Vesicoureteral reflux) in young girls,
chronic hydronephrosis
CPN (Chronic pyeonephritis) = ?
cortical scars overlie blunt calyces; visible with IVP
CPN (Chronic pyeonephritis)
microscopic findings?
glomerular scarring; tubular atrophy ("thyroidization")
Reflux nephropathy causes what?
causes hypertenstion in children
what are causes of drug induced TIN = ?
methicillin, NSAIDs, rifampin, sulfonamides
Pathogenesis of drug induced TIN?
abrupt onset fever, oliguria, rash
Analgesic nephropathy
pathogenesis = ?
acetaminophen + aspirin; renal papillary necrosis
Renal papillary necrosis
complications?
"ring defect" on IVP from sloughing of papilla
Prevention of urate nephropathy?
allopurinol before aggresive cancer therapy
Chronic Pb poisoning
pathogenesis?
proximal tubules with nuclear acid-fast inclusions
BJ (Bence Jones) proteinuria = ?
casts with foreign body giant cell reaction
CRF (Chronic Renal Failure)
Hematologic findings = ?
normocytic anemia; qualitative platelet defect
Renal osteodystrophy is due to?
due to secondary HPTH (hyperparathyroidism), osteomalacia, osteoporosis
CRF
cardiovascular findings?
hypertention, pericarditis, CHF, atherosclerosis
CRF (chronic renal failure) causes?
↑ anion gap metabolic acidosis; ↑ serum phosphorus/ potassium; ↓ serum calcium
increased Cystatin C is an indicator of ?
biomarker of kidney function
CRF
urinalysis findings?
Free water clearance in CRF is zero
Waxy/broad casts
BNS (benign nephrosclerosis) kidney of essential hypertension is due to what?
hyaline arteriolosclerosis
Malignant hypertension
most common cause?
pre-existing BNS (Benign nephrosclerosis)
Malignant hypertension
clinical findings?
blood pressure ≥ 210/120 mm Hg, encephalopathy, renal failure
Malignant hypertension
inital treatment?
IV nitroprusside (intravenous sodium)
Renal infarction
most common causes?
embolization
Renal infarction
indication?
sudden flank pain and hematuria
Sickle cell trait/ disease
clinical presentations?
hematuria,
loss of concentration,
renal papillary necrosis
APN; pyeonephritis
Diffuse cortical necrosis = ?
anuria followed by ARF in pregnant woman
What is the most common cause of upper urinary tract obstruction?
Hydronephrosis
What is the most common cause of upper urinary tract obstruction?
Renal stone
What is the most common metabolic abnormality causing calcium stones?
Hypercalciuria
______ increase reabsorption of calcium out of urine?
Thiazides increase reabsorption of calcium out of urine
What is the most common cause of renal stones?
calcium oxalate; calcium phosphate
Struvite stone = ?
(Manesium ammonium phosphate) MAP; urease producers; alkaline urine pH
Renal stone
clinical findings?
ipsilateral colicky pain in flank radiating to groin; hematuria
diagnosis of Plain film?
80% stones radiopaque
Diagnosis of Spiral CT?
is the best overall sensitivity and specificity; expensive
Diagnosis usage of ultrasound in renal stones?
detects hydronephrosis, not stone
What is done for stone prevention?
hydration is very important
Rx for calcium stones?
hydrochlorothiazide
Angiomyolipoma is associated with?
hamartoma associated with tuberous sclerosis
Renal cell carcinoma
appearance?
yellow tumor with renal vein invasion
Renal cell carcinoma derives from what?
proximal tubule cell
what is the most cause of Renal cell carcinoma?
smoking
Renal cell carcinoma invades____?
renal vein poor prognosis
Clinical findings of renal cell carcinoma?
hematuria, flank pain, abdominal mass
Renal cell carcinoma
lab findings?
ectopic secretion EPO and PTH-related peptide
what is the most common cause of TCC renal pelvis?
smoking
what is the most common cause of renal tumor in children?
Wilms' tumor
Wilms' tumor in children = ?
with unilateral flank mass and hypertention
Wilms' tumor is due to?
hypertension due to renin secretion