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What is Homeostasis?

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Property of a system that is regulated so internal conditions are stable and relatively constant!

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What are the nine main fxns of the Kidney?

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  1. Filtration (Clearance of Na+, drugs, creatinine, Urea, H+)
  2. Maintaining blood pressure
  3. Na+ homeostasis (volume)
  4. H2O homeostasis
  5. K+ homeostasis
  6. Bone/mineral homeostasis (VitaD, PO4-)
  7. Acid-Base homeostasis
  8. RBC production & regulation (EPO = erythropoietin)
  9. Gluconeogenesis (kidney is also an endocrine organ)
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What can the kidney sense very small changes in?

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Oxygen levels!

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How many glomeruli do premees have? What does some evidence suggest?

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-Fewer glomeruli than normal baby (

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How much of the cardiac output goes through the kidney on first pass?

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20%! (~1000 ml/min blood)

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What other structures have more blood flow per gram weight than kidney?

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Brain (maybe liver)

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What is the blood composed of?

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40% RBC

60% Plasma

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What does protein in the urine indicate?

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KIDNEY DAMAGE

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What is the Renal Plasma Flow (RPF)?

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600 ml/min

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What are two mechanisms by which the glomerulus restricts what it filters?

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  1. Size

2. Charge

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What three components of the glomerulus helps restrict filtering by size?

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  1. Capillary Endothelium
  2. Basement Membrane
  3. Podocytes
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How does the Capillary Endothelium restrict filtering?

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  • It’s 10% pores & fenestrations

- -> Anything but cells & protein go through

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How does the Basement Membrane restrict filtering?

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It’s ANIONIC (negative charge)

  • Anionic component = heparin sulfate proteoglycan
  • Type IV collagen network - like a sponge!
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How do Podocytes restrict filtering?

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These are cells exterior to the basement membrane forming small, negatively charged slits.
-Can form slit diaphragms that block the absorption of large molecules!

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What sizes and molecules are freely filtered?

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Anything

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What is normally NOT filtered?

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Anything > 70,000 D

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How big is albumin?

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66,000 D –> some but very little can get through the glomerulus

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How does charge prevent filtration in the glomerulus?

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GMB & Slit diaphragms are negatively charged; hence, anionic particles filter less well than cationic!

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What is the definition of GFR?

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Glomerular filtration rate.

-Movement of fluid and solute across from the capillary lumen into Bowman’s space across all glomeruli in both kidneys

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What does a reduced GFR indicate?

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Tells us the kidney’s ability to filter is reduced/subpar/below where it should be

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Why does pi*bs = 0 most of the time?

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There is NO ONCOTIC pressure in the Bowman’s space!

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What is the normal GFR?

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What is the renal plasma flow (RPF) into the glomerulus and out of?

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600 ml/min in

475 ml/min out

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How much does the glomerulus filter out per day?

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What does NE do the afferent and efferent arterioles of glomerulus?
Vasoconstricts
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What does Angiotensin II do the afferent and efferent arterioles of glomerulus?
Vasoconstricts | -More influence on the efferent arteriole
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What do PGE (prostaglandins) do the afferent and efferent arterioles of glomerulus?
Vasodilates!
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What is the mechanism of Tordol?
Inhibits prostaglandins, causing vasoconstriction of glomerular capillaries
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What is the mechnaism of ACE inhibitors?
Inhibit Angiotensin II, causing vasodilation of glomerular capillaries
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What happens to RPF and GFR when you Vasoconstrict the afferent arteriole of glomerulus?
GFR decreases. RPF decreases. Pressure in glomerular capillaries decreases.
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What happens to RPF and GFR when you Vasodilate the afferent arteriole of glomerulus?
GFR increases. RPF increases. Pressure in glomerular capillaries increases.
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What happens to RPF and GFR when you Vasoconstrict the efferent arteriole of glomerulus?
GFR stays the same or increases. RPF decreases. Pressure in glomerular capillary increases.
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What happens to RPF and GFR when you Vasodilate the efferent arteriole of glomerulus?
GFR decreases. Pressure in glomerular capillary decreases. RPF likely decreases.
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What is the filtration fraction?
Percentage of renal plasma flow that is freely filtered. | 20%!! (Na+, Cl-, Bicarb., etc.)
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How do you calculate the filtered load?
[Xserum]*GFR -Different for every ion/thing! Sodium = 140 mEq/L x 180 L/day = 25,000 mEq Na+/day
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How do you calculate the excretion rate?
[Xurine]*UFR - Should always be what is necessary to keep you in balance! 2. 5 L/day * 200 mM/day = ~4.5 grams Na+
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What does glucose in the urine indicate?
1. You've damaged the tubule. | 2. You've exceeded the amount of glucose you can absorb.
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What happened to the RPF and GFR in the old lady on NSAIDS and ACE inhibitors?
1. NSAIDS --> inhibit PGE and cause vasoconstriction of the efferent arteriole. 2. ACEi ---> Inhibit Angiotensin II and cause vasodilation of the afferent arteriole. 3. These two combined cause Decreased RPF, Decreased GFR and decreased Pressure in the glomerular capillary.
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What are some examples of special circumstances where the Filtered Load (FL) = Excretion Rate (ER)?
Solute is completely filtered (no reabsorption). | Creatinin, Inulin, Iohexol
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What is the equation for GFR?
([X]urine * UFR) / [X]serum = ERsolute/Plasma conc. of solute
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What are the two ways you can use Creatinine to estimate kidney function?
1. Measure CrCl directly | 2. Estimate CrCl
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How do you measure Creatinine Clearance directly?
CrCl = measurement of a 24 hr urine. - It assumes a steady state - Only used in very specific clinical circumstances - Good test, but rarely collected appropriately - Need to order a urine creatinine to determine if it was collected appropriately
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How much Creatinine should someone produce in a day?
1,440 mg/day = ER = UFR*[X]urine
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What is the normal Creatinine production for a male and female?
~25 mg/kg/day = male | ~20 mg/kg/day = female
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What two equations are not valid if renal function is near normal?
1. Cockcroft-Gault | 2. MDRD (designed from modification of diet in renal disease study)
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How can you estimate CrCl?
Cockcroft-Gault Equation: | [(140-age) (wt in kg) (.82 if female)] /72*Serum Cr
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How can you estimate GFR?
Use MDRD! | GFR = 186.3 x Serum Cr (exp[-1.154]) x Age(exp[-0.203]) * (0.742 if female) * (1.21 if black)
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What problems are associated with using Creatinine as an estimator?
Creatinine will be secreted at a variable amount depending on renal function! -10-40% is secreted -Secretion will ramp up in early phases of GFR decline [General rule of renal fxn falling by 1/2, Creatinine doubles, doesn't work in early phases]

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