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What is acute renal failure?

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Occurring suddenly eg one or several days.

Stop urinating for a period of 24 hours

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Is ARF reversible?

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ARF is often reversible The longer it lasts…less likely is recovery

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What is consistent about chronic renal failure?

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It always has the same specific gravity of plasma

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What is CRF?

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A reduction in GFR - it is considered significant it is less than 50ml/min =

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Is the degree of tubular impairment fixed or rlative?

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The degree of tubular impairment relative to filtration impairment is highly variable…… from “glomerular” disease to “tubular” disease

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what happens when there is a loss of GFR?

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Loss of GFR is invariably accompanied by impairment in tubular processes; reabsorption and secretion

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What are the most important endocrine dysfunction which occurs in renal failure?

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RAS
Vit D
Erythropoeitin

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Is urea a good guide to GFR?

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No its a poor guide

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How much urea is absorbed?

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50% - variable

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Where does urea come from?

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Protein

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When are urea levels up?

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Elevated in numerous situations other than CRF! Eg catabolic states, steroid Rx

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When are urea levels down?

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Malnutrition

Liver disease

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How is GFR measured?

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Creatinine Clearance = UV/P = GFR

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Why is creatinine used as a measure of GFR?

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1 Creatinine production is constant
2 Filtered, but 15% bound to plasma proteins (underestimates GFR)
3 Not reabsorbed
4 Small amount of secretion (overestimates GFR)
5 (2) and (4) tend to cancel out

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What are the normal creatinine levels?

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50-120 µM/L

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Why is a baseline creatinine important?

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It should stay the same, if it rises then GFR is falling

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What happens when nephrons are destroyed?

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The remaining nephrons tend to filter more. This tends to worsen the failure (i.e. it puts more pressure on the remaining nephrons)

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What are the types of acute renal failure?

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  • Pre-renal
  • Renal
  • Post-renal
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What causes pre-renal ARF?

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If the MAP drops far enough the GFR will drop and urine output will be insufficient.

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What is olguria?

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Is the low output of urine

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What is anuria?

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No urine output

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What is rhabdomyolysis?

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Leads to leakage of enough products into the urine which were not present

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What are the specific causes of pre-renal ARF?

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Shock
Sepsis
Haemolysis Rhabdomyolysis
Nephrotoxic drugs

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What is the most common nephrotoxic drug?

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What is acute tubular nephritis?
ARF not due to volume depletion
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What Intrinsic acute renal failure
Glomerular disease Interstitial nephritis (Tubulo-interstitial) Tubular damage
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What are the specific causes of tubular damage?
Ischemia | Toxins
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What are the specific causes of interstitial nephritis?
Inflammatory reaction, often drug-related
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What is the most common cause of ARF?
Acute tubular necrosis
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What is the major concern of someone with Acute tubular necrosis?
acidosis and ↑K+
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What is post-renal acute renal failure?
Outlet Obstruction – Ureteric, cystic or urethral – stones, clots, fibrosis, tumors
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What is chronic renal failure?
Irreversible loss of renal function • Reduction in functional renal mass • Develops over months to years (highly variable rates of decline)
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What is another name for chronic renal failure?
uraemia
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What happens to nephrons in CRF?
Remaining nephrons hypertrophy Glomerular hyperfiltration – loss of functional reserve – glomerular hypertension – further damage and glomerulosclerosis
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What happens to the fluid in CRF?
The leaves the nephron largely unchanged
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What can happen to people with CRF?
Are susceptible to both dehydration and hypertension if their water and salt intake adjusts
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What are the symptoms of uremia?
– Fatigue – Loss of appetite – Skin pigmentation (lemon)
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What causes skin pigmentation?
Crystallisation of urea on the skin surface
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What are the causes of CRF?
* Diabetes * High blood pressure * Chronic glomerulonephritis * Cystic disease (poly-cystic kidney disease)
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What is uremia?
Accumulation of “uremic” toxins | • Mostly urea
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When is uremia symptomatic?
Symptomatic with less than 30% of normal renal function
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What are the salt and water imbalances observed in CRF predominantly of the glomerulus?
Sodium retention and hypertension
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What are the salt and water imbalances observed in CRF predominantly of the tubules?
– Sodium wasting and low BP | – Impaired concentrating ability & polyuria
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What happens to K in CRF?
Tends to rise, esp late-stage (not as fast as ARF) | – Higher in diabetes
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What happens to pH in CRF?
falls i.e. H+ accumulates; failure to excrete non-volatile acids • Produced at high rate in normal metabolism • Excretion requires high GFR • reduced ammonia production • low [HCO3-]
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What happens to phosphate when GFR falls?
Reduced phosphate excretion Tubular capacity to reabsorb stays the same concentration secreted reduced which results in a slow rise in [PO4] Reciprocal reduction in [Ca]
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How is phosphate excreted?
Sodium and Phosphate co-transporter
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What does [PO4] signal?
Parathyroid ---
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What happens when there is low vit D?
Reduced renal mass and Vit D activation – Hyperphosphatemia – Renal “rickets”: osteomalacia with fractures and subperiosteal resorption
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What causes secondary hyperparathyriodism?
Excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH) by the parathyroid glands in response to hypocalcemia
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What affect does 2nd degree have on bone?
hyperparathyroidis (excessive osteoclastic activity)
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What is osteomalacia?
Osteomalacia refers to a softening of your bones, often caused by a vitamin D deficiency
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What are the symptoms of uremia?
Fatigue Loss of appetite Skin pigmentation (lemon)
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What are some common causes of CRF?
* Diabetes * High blood pressure * Chronic glomerulonephritis * Cystic disease

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