Kidney catch all

Question 1

What drugs should be stopped in kidney injury?

Answer 1

• antibiotics: tetracycline, nitrofurantoin
• NSAIDs
• lithium
• metformin

Question 2

What drugs will accumulate in a kidney injury and will need a dose adjustment?

Answer 2

• most antibiotics including penicillins, cephalosporins, vancomycin, gentamicin, streptomycin
• digoxin, atenolol
• methotrexate
• sulphonylureas
• furosemide
• opioids

Question 3

Name 4 drugs that - evern if you wouldnt think it - are safe to continue during a kidney injury?

Answer 3

• antibiotics: erythromycin, rifampicin
• diazepam
• warfarin

Question 4

What is the agent that causes Haemolytic ureamic syndrome?

Answer 4

E.coli

Question 5

What is goodpasteurs syndrome?

Answer 5

a rare autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack the basement membrane in lungs and kidneys, leading to bleeding from the lungs and kidney failure.

• Haemoptysis
• Systemically unwell: fever, nausea
• Glomerulonephritis