Nephrotic/nephritic syndrome Flashcards

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Key clinical features of Nephrotic Syndrome:

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  1. Prominent edema 2. Proteinuria (>3.5 g/day) 3. INACTIVE urinary sediment 4. NON-inflammatory 5. Normal blood pressure 6. Hypoalbuminemia (
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Key cells involved in Nephrotic syndrome vs Nephritic syndrome?

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Nephrotic: Podocyte Nephritic: Endothelial Cell (mesangial cell)

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Key clinical features of Nephritic Syndrome:

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  1. Mild edema 2. Proteinuria and RBC in urine 3. Active Urinary sediment - Dysmorphic RBVc and RBC casts 4. Inflammatory 5. Hypertension
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Mechanisms and examples of diseases that present with Nephrotic syndrome?

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  1. Podocyte injury - Minimal change disease - Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis 2. Subepithelial space immune complex formation and complement activation - Membranous nephropathy 3. Glomerular capillary wall deposition disease - amyloidosis - Light change deposition disease - Diabetic nephropathy
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Mechanisms and examples of diseases that present with Nephritic syndrome?

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  1. Subendothelial space or mesangial immune complex formation and complement act. - Post-infectious glomerularnephritis - IgA nephropathy - Lupus nephritis 2. Abs directed at the GMB - Anti-GMB disease 3. Necrotizing injury and inflammation of the vascular and glomerular capillary wall (abs against cytoplasmic antigens - ANCAs) - Wegner’s
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Factors that predispose to immune complex entrapment and formation:

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  1. High Plasma flow rate 2. High intraglomerular pressure 3. High Glomerular hydraulic permeability
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The spectrum of immune complex disease is dependent on what 2 factors>

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  1. Nature of antigen involved 2. Site of immune complex deposition
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What are the sites of immmune complex deposition (5)

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  1. Subepithelial 2. Membranous 3. Subendothelial 4. Mesangial 5. Basement membrane
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Subepithelial deposits of immune complex is associated with what glomerular syndrome?

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Nephrotic = Subepithelial deposits

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Disease with subepithelial deposits of immune complexes?

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(Nephrotic syndrome) 1. Membranous nephropathy i.) primary cause = idopathic ii.) secondary causes - SLE - Diabetes mellitus (DM) - Hepatitis B - Drugs (gold, penicillamine) 2. Post-infectious glomerulonephritis (late stage)

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Disease with subendothelial and mesangial deposits of immune complexes?

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(Nephritic syndrome) 1. Focal or diffuse proliferative SLE 2. Post-infectious glomerulonephritis (early stage) 3. IgA nephropathy (prominently in mesangium)

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Name 3 diseases associated with these clinical presentations: 1. Urine protein > 3.5 g/day 2. Hypoalbuminemia (

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  1. Membranous Nephropathy 2.Minimal change disease 3. Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (disease of nephrotic syndrome)
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Name 2 diseases associated with these clinical presentations: 1. Renal failure over day/weeks 2. proteinuria (

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  1. ANCA vasculitis 2. Lupus nephritis (rapidly progressive glomerularnephritis)
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Name 2 diseases associated with these clinical presentations: 1. Hypertension 2. Renal Insufficiency 3. Proteinuria (often > 3g/day) 4. Shrunken smooth kidney

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  1. Diabetic Nephropathy 2. Hypertensive nephropathy (Chronic glomerularnephritis diseases)
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Name these two Urinary sediments. Which glomerular syndrome are these found in? Insert pic!

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A = Oval Fat bodies B. Maltese Cross Nephrotic Syndrome

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Syndrome associated with an abnormal glomerulus without inflammation?

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Nephrotic syndrome

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Syndrome associated with an abnormal glomerulus with inflammation?

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Nephritic syndrome

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Buzz word association game: Foot process effacement (on electron microscopy)

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Minimal Change Disease

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Buzz word association game: Spike and Dome (on electron microscopy)

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Membranous Nephropathy

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Buzz word association game: Subepithelial humps (on electron microscopy)

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Post-infectious Glomerulonephritis

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Buzz word association game: Tram tracks

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Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis

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Buzz word association game: Basket weave

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Alports Syndrome

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Buzz word association game: Wire Loops

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Lupus Nephritis

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Buzz word association game: Onion-Skin

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  1. Hypertensive nephropathy or 2. Scleroderma
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Function of the golmerular filtration barrier?
Prevents the filtration of from blood elements and proteins into the urinary space pf bowman's capsule - selecticity based on: Charge, size and shape
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Selectivity of golmerular filtration barrier for proteins:
i. HMW Proteins = completelely restricted - (radius \> 40 Angstrom) ii. Intermediate MW proteins ~ 1mg/dL -ex: Albumin (Radius = 36 Angstrom) iii. LMW proteins = almost completely unrestricted (Radius
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Type of Proteinuria (seen with any glomerulonephritis) in which albumin is the dominant protein in the urine?
Glomerular
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Type of Proteinuria in which LMW proteins are seen?
Tubular -secondary to tubulointerstitial disease
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Type of Proteinuria in which production and hence filtration exceeds the reabsorption capacity?
Overflow e.g. Multiple myeloma
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What protein does the urine dipstick measure?
ALBUMIN! normal = absent abnormal = 1+, 2+, 3+
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Normal range for proteinura?
40-80 mg/day in healthy individual -150mg/day is upper range of normal
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Nephrotic range of proteinuria? (High yield) - 24-hour urine collection? - Spot urine protein creatinine ratio?
- 24-hour urine: \> 3.5g - Spot urine protein creatinine ratio: \>3.5
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General management for primary nephrotic and nephritic syndromes? - prognosis based on?
Preserve Kidney Function - pronosis/predictor of kidney function: Proteinuria 1. Supportive Measures: - Control HTN (low salt diet, ACEI/ARBs) 2. Tx of the disease - Steroid - immunosuppresive drugs (cyclophosphamide)