CVPR Week 9: Renal tubule disorders Flashcards
(62 cards)
Objectives

What’s the diagnosis?

Tubular function! Yay!

What do the renal tubules do?

Hormones affecting salt and water in the renal tubules

How do tubulopathy presents in several ways

Tubulopathy syndromes

What is renal tubular acidosis

Types of RTA

What is RTA
Renal tubular acidosis
Describe normal HCO3- and H+ management

Features of proximal RTA

Describe proximal RTA and HCO3- and H+ management

Distal RTA type 1

Describe distal RTA and HCO3- and H+ management

How to diagnose RTA?

Proximal RTA Urine pH

Distal RTA Urine pH

Urine anion Gap and RTA type

Chronic acidosis leads to?
polyuria, failure to thrive and growth delay
Chronic hypokalemia causes

Calciuria in distal RTA leads to?

RTA has associations with?

Management of RTA































