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14 Cards in this Set
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What is the most common stone in the US?
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Calcium oxalate stones
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What causes infectious stones?
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urea splitting bacteria, proteus, and providencia
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Who most commonly will develop cystine stones?
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children with hereditary cystinuria
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What does ATN UA look like?
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Dirty brown with granular casts
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What is the leading cause of ARF?
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ATN
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What areas are most often injured nephrotoxic ATN?
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PCT
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What is the most common cause cause of acute pyelonephrtitis?
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ascending infection
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What condition will manifest thyroidization of the kidney?
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chronic pyelonephritis
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What organisms can cause xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis?
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proteus, E. coli, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas.
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What are xanthomas?
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Lipid-laden foamy macrophages
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What renal disease is associated with multiple myeloma?
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Light chain nephropathy
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Why do light chains damage the kidney?
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Light chains bind Tamm-Horsfall glycoproteins
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What is the protein in light chain nephropathy?
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Believe it or not, its light chains
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What kind of stones are formed in pts with leukemias and lymphomas? Why?
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Urate crystals due to chemo cytoxic effect on cells
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