Glomerulonephritis

Acute renal failure is the sudden dysfunction or disease of the kidneys that can significantly impair renal function within the body. According to Huether and McCance (2012), renal failure is characterized by enough of a decline of renal function to require dialysis. Renal failure is after renal risk and injury, but prior to renal loss and end-stage kidney disease (Huether & McCance, 2012, p755). The dysfunctions the lead to acute kidney failure can be caused due to sudden renal injuries or by…

form of 1) Immune complex glomerulonephritis ( most common) 2) Tubulointerstitial disease 3) Vascular disease. Tubulointerstitial disease has been observes in upto 66% of SLE renal biopsy specimens. and is characterised by inflammatory cell infiltrates, tubular damage and interstitial fibrosis. The presence of tubulointerstitial disease…

patients with nephrotic range proteinuria were studied and compared with 10 patients with AKI. The diagnosis of glomerulonephritis and AKI was made based on clinical and histological findings.…

Many of us do not realize how important our kidneys are until we lose the function of going to the bathroom. Our body takes in a number of toxins and fluids that we should excrete. Chronic real failure is better known as chronic kidney failure and this is where our kidneys are no longer function properly. Your kidneys filter the blood inside you body. The blood contains many toxins and excretes these toxins though urine, if our kidneys do not work eventually our electrolyte levels increase…

A trauma patient sustains a crush injury and rapidly develops hyperkalemia. Which of the following treatments primarily acts to neutralize the effects of hyperkalemia on the cellular membrane? A: Insulin and glucose • This combination can be used to treat hyperkalemia however it does not work on the cellular membrane. Insulin lowers the serum potassium concentration by forcing the potassium back into the cell. This is done by enhancing the activity of the Na-K pump. The reason glucose is also…

frequently presents with necrotising granulomatous inflammation of the respiratory tract and frequent occurrence of necrotising glomerulonephritis(3) 2. Microscopic polyangitis (MPA): frequently presents with necrotising glomerulonephritis, pulmonary capillaritis(3) 3. Renal limited vasculitis: occurrence of isolated pauci-immune necrotizing crescenting glomerulonephritis without other systems involved(3) 4. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangitis (EGPA) - also known as Churg-Strauss…

What is kidney failure? Kidney failure, also called end-stage renal disease. When someone’s kidney function gets below a certain point, it is called kidney failure. Kidney failure is when someone’s body cannot filter wastes from the blood. Kidney failure can make someone feel very ill and if it is left untreated it can be life-threatening. Kidney failure is life changing, it can be deadly and sometimes it can be treatable or…

majority of the cases of bacterial pneumonia in the United States. Streptococcus pyogenes belongs to group A and may cause tonsillitis and respiratory, urinary, or skin infections. Some beta-hemolytic strains may lead to rheumatic fever or to glomerulonephritis. Streptococcus viridans, a member of the normal flora of the mouth, is the most common cause of bacterial endocarditis, especially when introduced into the bloodstream during dental procedures. (Mosby’s Medical Dictionary,…

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is defined as a decrease in kidney function occurring in the glomerular filtration ability of the kidney causing an increase in nitrogenous waste in the blood and in turn increasing the creatinine and blood urea nitrogen levels (McCance & Huether, 2014). Other findings associated with AKI include, a decrease in urinary output and also accumulation of metabolic acids, and increased potassium and phosphate concentrations (Bellomo, Kellum & Ronco, 2012). The AKI is…

The speaker for laboratory’s role in acute kidney injury risk assessment was Denise Geiger, PhD, DLM (ASCP).The objective is to describe the laboratory’s role in acute kidney injury risk assessment, gain insight on how new biomarkers can improve clinical decisions and provide high value patient outcomes, and examine clinical research and applications of novel biomarkers for the assessment of AKI. The speaker was very detailed about this topic, but I only had what I can recall. I decided to go to…