Genitourinary Flashcards
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Define urinary tract stones
Calculi form that cause symptoms by blocking and abrasing structures.
Types of urinary tract stones
Renal.
Bladder.
How do urinary tract stones clinically present?
Many asymptomatic.
Haematuria possible.
Renal colic: Sudden, severe pain in the loin -> groin.
More painful if the stone is moving. They tend to writhe around in agony rather than lie still.
Urinary tract stones - bladder - note
5% of UT stones.
Pathophysiology of urinary tract stones - renal
Formed when the urine is super saturated with salt and minerals (calcium oxalate, calcium phosphate, magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite), uric acid and cystine).
Additionally, calcium oxalate precipitates form in the basement membrane of loops of henle -> (Randall’s plaque) in the renal papillae -> Develops into a stone.
Renal colic: Caused by the stones in the kidney, renal pelvis or ureter causing dilatation, stretching and spasm of the ureter.
Pathophysiology of urinary tract stones - bladder
Most commonly, urinary stasis due to failure of optimal emptying -> Precipitation.
Consider in women with UTI.
Cause of urinary tract stones - renal
Calcium: Hypercalcaemia. Excessive dietary calcium.
Excessive bone resorption (long term immobilisation).
Uric acid: Hyperuricaemia (possibly with gout)
Cystine stones: Cystinuria (autosomal recessive)
Cause of urinary tract stones - bladder
Usually occur because of foreign bodies, obstruction or infection.
Epidemiology of urinary tract stones - renal
Common.
10% lifetime incidence.
Diagnostic test for urinary tract stones
Midstream urine culture.
CT is gold standard.
Chemical analysis of passed stones to determine composition.
Treatment of urinary tract stones
NSAIDs (diclofenac) for pain.
Allow stones to pass spontaneously.
Complications of urinary tract stones
Irreversible renal damage.
Long term blockage -> Sepsis.
Sequelae of urinary tract stones
Recurrence.
Define acute kidney injury
Rapid deterioration of renal function.
Define chronic kidney disease
Longterm,
usually progressive impairment of kidney function (>3 months of evidence of kidney damage).
How does acute kidney injury clinically present?
Oliguria common.
Anuria possible.
Nausea, vomiting.
How does chronic kidney disease clinically present?
Anaemia: Pallor, lethargy.
CNS: Confusion, coma (severe)
CVS: Hypertension
Renal: Nocturia, polyuria, haematuria(?)
Renal osteodystrophy: Osteomalacia, bone pain, hyperparathyroidism
Skin: Pruritus
Pathophysiology of acute kidney injury
Prerenal: Impaired perfusion of the kidneys.
Kidneys require adequate perfusion to maintain glomerular filtration
Renal: Damage to kidney apparatus impairs ability to function
Postrenal: Urinary outflow obstructed
Pathophysiology of chronic kidney disease
Anaemia: Reduced erythropoietin production and increased blood loss.
Bone disease: Renal phosphate retention and impaired production of 1,25 - dihydroxyvitamin D -> Fall in serum calcium concentration -> Compensatory release of PTH -> Sustained skeletal decalcification.
Neuro: Peripheral paraesthesiae and weakness.
Advanced uraemia -> depressed cerebral function, myotonic twitching and fits.
Median nerve compression caused by amyloidosis.
CVS: Increased frequency of hypertension, dyslipidaemia and vascular calcification
Cause of acute kidney injury
Prerenal: Volume depletion (vomiting/diarrhoea), hypotension, cardiac failure
Renal: Glomerular disease, tubular injury, nephritis (NSAIDs), vascular disease
Postrenal: Calculus, urethral stricture
Cause of chronic kidney disease
Various.
Congenital: Polycystic kidney disease, tuberous sclerosis
Renal: Glomerular disease, urinary tract obstruction
CVS: Hypertension, arteriopathic renal disease
Epidemiology of acute kidney injury
15% of adults admitted to hospital develop AKI.
More common in elderly.
Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease
Common (varying severity).
Increases with age.
Diagnostic test for acute kidney injury
Serial serum creatinine readings: Acute rise.