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what are the most common causes of intrinsic acute kidney injury in children?

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tubular injury

- can have low, normal or high u/o depending on severity of the injury

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tubular injury can occur from what mechanisms:

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  1. acute tubular necrosis - hypoxia/ischemia
  2. infection - sepsis
  3. nephrotoxic agents - medications, contrast, myoglobin
  4. inflammation - interstitial nephritis
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glomerular and vascular intrinsic acute kidney injury, how might they present?

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hematuria, edema, hypertension and oliguria
glomerular injury - primary GN, vascultiis, HUS
vascular - renal vein thrombosis, arterial emboli, malignant HTN

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How to tell pre renal from other causes of acute kidney injury?

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  1. normal UA with high specific gravity (reflects appropriate renal retention of water when there is renal hypo perfusion) I think number is >1.03 ish (see previous flash card)
  2. urine output will be low
  3. urine Na will be 500 in child (>350 in neonate)
  4. normal renal US
    see table pg 562 baby Nelson
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How to tell renal from pre renal when oliguria (i.e. pre renal from ATN?)

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use the Fena and osmoses etc
in renal cause:
1. urine output can be either low, nomal or high
2. urinalysis with RBCs, WBCs, protein or casts
3. urine Na high (kidney is peeing it out) >40 in kids or >50 in neonate
4. Fena >2%
5. urine osmoles approx 300
6. renal US might show increased echogenecity, decreased corticomedullary differentiation

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Post renal vs other causes

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low or normal u/o, everything else variable, U/S will show hydronephrosis

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Common lab problems in AKI

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hyperkalemia, metabolic acidosis, hypocalcemia, hyperphosphate
anemia can be observed frequently

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Causes of pre renal AKI

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dehydration
bleed
septic shock
burns
heart failure
cirrhosis
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which has a worse prognosis, oliguric or non oliguric AKI?

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oliguric is worse prognosis, non oliguric usually recover well

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Indications for dialysis

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  1. acute or chronic dialysis:
    volume overload, metabolic acidosis, eletrolyte, uremia
  2. acute: ingestions, hyperammonemia
  3. chronic: poor growth, stage 5 renal diseae
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Common complications of chronic kidney disease

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  1. poor growth - including delayed puberty also , resistance to growth hormone
  2. anemia - since they can’t make enough EPO as well as iron deficiency
  3. renal osteodystrophy/secondary hyperparathyroidism : because make less 1,25 OHD in the kidney , hypocalcemia and and hyper phosphate ->can lead to rickets/bone deformities if goes for a long time
  4. cardiovastular: hypertension and LVH
  5. electrolyte abnormalities: high K, low Na, metabolic acidosis
  6. impact on learning and school
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How to treat the complications above (Pg 563 baby nelson)

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  1. growth: increase calories, treat acidosis, treat ROD, GH **adequate nutrition very very important even if need supplements and tube feedings
  2. anemia: EPO, iron
  3. calcitriol (aka 1,25 OHD), calcium supplement, restrict phosphorus and give phosphate binders
  4. treat HTN, don’t volume overload
  5. lytes: low K diet, furosemie, sodium polystyrene, sodium supplement, give alkali (**what to do with sodium depends on the aetiology i.e. many congenital anomalies have sodium wasting, vs those with GN tend to retain salt)
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most common cause of CKD in less than 10 year olds

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congenital anomalies of kidney and urinary tract

in >10 year old - more likely focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and GN

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true or false - restrict protein intake in CKD in kids?

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not usually

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GFR in different stages of CKD?

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>90 stage 1
60-90 stage 2
30-59 stage 3
15-30 stage 4
2 year old (since GFR at adult levels at this age)
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definition of hypertension

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BP >95th percentil for age, gender and height on at least 3 occasions
(normal is 99th

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what is hypertensive emergency

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severe elevation in BP with target organ damage - encephalopathy, heart failure

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most common cause of HTN in teens? in younger kids?

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essential in teens

more likely secondary in younger kids, with more severe elevation ->renal disease most likely

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hypertensive and neurofibromatosis (cafe au lait) what finding to rule out

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renal artery stenosis

see differential of HTN pg 564

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Management of Hypertension

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  1. lifestyle changes - asymptomatic stage 1
  2. medication - stage 2 or if stage 1 no respond
    - calcium channe blocker or ACEi most frequent 1st line, ARB, beta blocker/diuretics sometimes used
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How to treat a hypertensive emergency?

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hospitalize

labetalol, esmolol, nicardipine or sodium nitro

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why is hypertension bad?

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may increase risk of CV, CNS and renal morbidity in adults

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true or false - most - most vesicoureteral reflex is from structural problems?

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false - most are from congenital invompentance, minority have UV abnormalities which are structural and don’t resolve

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true or false - VUR can be familial

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true - 30-40% of kids with VUR can have VUR

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associated findings with VUR?
renal dysplasia duplication of the ureters (can obstruct upper collecting system) neurogenic bladder from increased pressure when bladder outlet is obstructed
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when to do VCUG
if hydronephrosis/scaring etc on US after UTI | if two febrile UTIs
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radionuclid cystogram - advantage and disadvantage
less radiation | might miss PUV in males
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renal scars?
DMSA scan to ID
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complications of reflux nephropathy
hypetension | chronic kidney disease
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What is Potter syndrome?
bilateral renal agensis flat facies clubfoot pulmonary hypoplasia
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who is more likely to have unilateral renal agencies
infants of diabetic mothers and african americans | normal or minimally reduced renal function
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associated findings with unilateral renal agenesis
``` VUR genital tract, ear skeletal system and CV abnormalities Turner syndrome Poland syndrome VACTERL association ```
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true or false - renal hypoplasia/dysplasia can often progress to CKD?
true, because they have less nephrons, can't fully absorb Na nd water
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true or false - bilateral multi cystic renal dysplasia is lethal
true, because there is minimal or no functioning renal tissue
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what should you look for in contralateral kidney of multi cystic renal dysplasia
VUR in contraleteral kidney - associated with multi cystic renal dysplasia MCD often involutes on its own rarely associated with hypertension or recurrent UTI
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Clinical manifestations of posterior urethral valves
most common bladder outlet obstruction males - parents may note a poor urine stream urethra bets dilated, might get VUR, and hypertrophied detrusor muscle severe obstruction can lead to oligohydramnios and pulmonary hypoplasia
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What is the most common cause of ascites in the newborn period?
intrauterine rupture of the renal pelvis
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Polycystic kidney disease -
from polycystin defects most common inherited kidney disease 1. Autosomal recessive: marked bilateral renal enlargement, hepatic fibrosis with portal HTN, bile duct ectasia/biliary dysgenesis 2. Autosomal dominant PKD: middle adulthood usually, can have hepatic cysts, cerebral aneurysms can develop
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most common abdo mass in newborn?
renal | most common UPJ obstruction
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differential of renal cysts
1. polycystic kidneys 2. von Hippel-Lindau 3. Tuberous sclerosis 4. Bardet-Biedl syndrome
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Causes of bladder stones?
recurrent UTI neurogenic bladder bladder surgery bladder augmentation
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Causes of renal stones
obstructive abnormalities | Metabolic
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Causes of Urinary tract stones
most stones are here symptoms when they get stuck at the ureteropelvic function or the ureterovesical junction Metabolic causes: 1. idiopathic familial hypercalciuria, hyperoxaluria, uric acid disorders, distal RTA, cystinuria, hypercalcemic hypercalciuria, primary hyperparathyroidism
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Diagnosis of renal stones
US can miss UT stones, CT is good but can sometimes be obscured urine studies for minerals/electrolytes helps figure out which type of stone it is
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Treatment of stones
1 .hydration - 2x maintenance rates 2. analgesia 3. for infection related: treat the infection, remove the stone 4. specific treatments: - idiopathic familial hypercalciuria - normal calcium with low Na and low oxalate ; some need potassium citrate or thiazies, may need lithotripsy or surgery
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dysfunctional voiding what investigations to do
urinalysis and urine culture - to r/o occult infection, renal disease, glucose (i.e. diabetes) daytime incontinence - should do US r/o structural problems urodynamic- only when suspect neurogenic bladder or known neuro cause
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treatment of dysfunctional voiding
1. bladder hyperactivity/sensory defects - timed voiding and anticholinergic meds; more complicated includes biofeedback, alpha blockers, intermittent catheterization
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phimosis -
inability to retract the prepuce at birth - physiologic in 90% of boys who are not circumcized, fully retractable by 3 years old if persistent - can try a steroid cream to the foreskin if ballooning of foreskin during voiding or phimosis beyond 10 years old and steroids don't work, circumize
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What is paraphimosis
foreskin is retracted and get get it back - edna leads to pain, and it gets stuck ; lubricate and try to put back, may need emergency surgery
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1.5 year old with undescended testicle, likely to descend?
nope - not likely to descent after 1 year of age | other possibilities for what you think is undescended testicle is retractile testes, absent tests, ectopic tests
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cryptorchidism - what to ask in history
was it every in scrotum maternal drug use - steroids family history true undescended testis - usually along the embryologic path of descent - with patent processes vaginalis
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what can be associated with undescended testis
1. inguinal hernia 2. risk of torsion 3. risk of infertility 4. increased malignancy risk (i.e. germ cell malignancy) - more if untreated or corrected during of after puberty more likely to have cryptorchidim in newborns than older children, more in pregms, bilateral in 10% of kids
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most common cause of scrotal pain and swelling in older adolescents
epididymitis - diagnosis is aided by history of sex or HUTI, but should consider testicular torsion when severe pain (meanwhile in boys <6 years, testicular torsion is the major cause of acute scrotum) - here testicle will be swollen and cremasteric reflex absent
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cryptorchidm - when should testicles descend by
if they haven't descended by 4 months, it will stay undescended
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most common tumour in undescended testis in teen or adult
seminoma - orchiopexy reduces this risk
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when should undescended testis be treated by
should be treated surgically by 9-15 months of age at the latest - surgical correction at 6 months is appropriate , since spontaneous descent will not happen after 4 months of age if the testicle stays down, start to see histological changes (atrophy/dysplasia) early surgical correction -better chance of fertility infrequenty - hormones (HCG) can be used to help the testicle descend
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Hydrocele
transillumination shows fluid should palpate testicle - can develop with association with timor most congenital hydroceles resolve by 12 months of age , and are non communicating, those that persist beyond 12-18 moths after communicating and should be repaired
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GN with low complement
post strep lupus membranoproliferative
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when would you repair a communicating hydrocele
communicating - fluid and you can push it around - most resolve by 2, so if not resolved by 2 then can do it (mainly so you can palpate the balls) non communicating - two separate bags - if by one year they haven't resolved
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what do you worry about with varicocele in right side or <10 year old
worry about renal or retroperitoneal masses
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what are exam findings in varicocele
bag of worms valsalva will make it worse usually on the left side
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false positive gross hematuria on dipstick
1. beets 2. rifampin 3. dyes 4. menstruating 5. alkaline urine (urine pH .9 can give you false positive) 6. myoglobin in urine
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false negative gross hematuria on dipstick
1. formalin (used as a urine preservative) | 2. increased urinary vitamin C
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most common cause of gross hematuria in children
UTI
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8 year old - gradual onset one ball pain with blue dot
appendeal tosion resolve 7-10 days surgery only if not resolve or not sure what is joing on
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epidydimitis organism in teen
epidydimitis
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in prepubescent
e. coli/urinary tract obstruction

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