Renal Flashcards
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what are 3 other jobs in the kedney besides removing wastes?
erythropoietin, or EPO, which stimulates the bone marrow to make red blood cell
renin, which regulates blood pressure
calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D, which helps maintain calcium for bones and for normal chemical balance in the body
what regulates BP?
Renin
what stimulates the bone marrow to make red blood cell
EPO
what is the active form of vitamin D, which helps maintain calcium for bones and for normal chemical balance in the body
calcitriol
problems where allow proteins and RBC to be filtered though the basement membrane into urine
problems in glomerulus
problems where allow abnormal excretion of H+ , CL- , Bicarb , Na+, K+.
Problems in tubule
What radiographic study would you use to evaluate a patient for polycystic kidney disease?
RUS - good for parenchymal disease
Your pt is a 3day old male who is brought in by his parents who state he “hasn’t been peeing much, and his belly seems to be getting larger and harder”. Good prenatal care, no complications.
The infant was a routine vaginal delivery without any complication who went home at ~36hrs feeding well without vomiting. They confirm that the infant has stooled several times. When asked, they said he didn’t pee much in the hospital but they were told that was OK, and to watch for him to start peeing more – but they don’t think he is peeing more.
Your exam is notable only for a distended abdomen with palpably enlarged bladder and right kidney. WHAT IS THIS?
posterior urethral valves
in littles HTN is a ____ problem
Renal
what are symptoms of renal disease in neonates and infants?
Abdominal or flank mass, hematuria, anuria/oliguria
Hypertension
what are symptoms of renal disease in children and adolescents?
Tea/cola/red colored urine, or hematuria Hypertension Frequency/Urgency/dysuria Polyuria, oliguria Edema proteinuria
on PE you see tachypneic / kussmal breathing …
acidosis
on PE you see tachycardia and kidney disease if
hypovolemic
on PE you see arrhythmia and kidney disease if
hyperkalemic
on PE you find on the skin…. pts towards kidney disease?
poor skin turgor, dry, edema
what genital abn will you see with kidney disease?
abnormalities, (hypospadias, cryptorchidism, ambiguous genitalia
in children abd mass that is most common is
large kidney
if you see an increased BUN
Low renal perfusion of RBF
Nitrogen also affected by protein intake, catabolism, steroids… therefore
what is BUN:cr ratio?
10:1
increased Cr =
Cr is most reliable single indicator of glomerular function
what is normal serum Cr?
Nl serum Cr < 1 in older children*
what could hematuria mean?
Glomerular – nephritis, familial, post-strep
ATN
UTI, trauma
what could proteinuria mean?
Glomerular - nephropathy
what does US show
Renal size, structure, hydronephrosis, cysts, Bladder size.