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What is RIFLE criteria?

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-ARF and AKI are NOT the same
-3 graded levels of injury Risk, Injury, Failure
-2 outcome measures Loss of function and End stage renal disease
-Based on either degree of serum creatinine elevation or decrease in urine output
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What are the Functions of the Kidney?

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  1. Regulation of water, minerals and acid-base status
  2. Removal of metabolic waste products from the blood and their excretion in the urine
  3. Removal of foreign chemicals/toxins from the blood and their excretion in the urine
  4. Secretion of hormones (Erythropoietin, renin, Vit D)
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What conditions are at a higher risk for developing AKI?

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  • Hypertension
  • Congestive cardiac failure
  • Diabetes
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Chronic infection
  • Myeloproliferative disorder
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What is Prerenal AKI Etiology?

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  • Once MAP <80mmhg steep decline in GFR
  • Hypovolemia
  • Decreased cardiac output
  • Decreased effective circulating volume
  • Impaired renal autoregulation
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What is Pre-renal Injury?

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-Most common cause of renal failure (50-80%)
-Results from poor renal perfusion
-Reversed with restoration of renal perfusion/glomerular pressure
-BUN/Creatinine ratio > 20:1
-Calculate fractional excretion of
sodium (FeNa)
-Urinalysis often reveals hyaline
casts

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What are Prerenal labs?

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  • Volume depletion
  • Decreased CO/Effective
  • Urine output
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What is is FeNa?

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  • FeNa = (UNa x PCr/PNa x UCr) X 100
  • FeNa < 1% is suggestive of pre-renal azotemia
  • FeNa >1% intrinsic renal failure
  • FeNa >4% post-renal failure
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What is Prerenal Treatment?

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  • Volume depletion
  • Decreased CO/Effective circulating volume
  • All medications cleared by renal excretion should be avoided or doses adjusted
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What is the history of AKI?

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Volume depletion, Cardiac failure, Radio contrast exposure, Pigment injury, Vasculitis/proliferative glomerulonephritis, Other history of hypotension, shock, exposure to nephrotoxins, new medications, vascular/cardiac surgery, anesthesia, Pertinent PMH/FH, Postrenal Sx’s

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What is the AKI’s Physical Exam?

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Volume depletion, Cardiac failure, Hepatorenal syndrome, Atheroembolism, Rhabdomyolysis, Interstitial nephritis, Vasculitis, Proliferative glomerulonephritis, Urine volume, Postobstructive, and Uremia

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What is Intrinsic Renal Diseases?

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-Acute Interstitial Nephritis (AIN)
-Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN) 90% most
common*
-Glomerular Diseases
-Pyelonephritis
-Malignancy (MM)
-Renal artery embolism/thrombus (renal infarction)
-Vasculitis

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What is Acute Interstitial Nephritis (AIN)?

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-Typically allergic reaction to medication
–-Post-infectious –
-Autoimmune

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What is the “classic presentation” of Acute Interstitial Nephritis?

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  • After recent new drug exposure
  • Fever
  • Skin rash
  • Peripheral eosinophilia
  • Oliguria
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What is Medications associated with acute interstitial nephritis (AIN)?

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-Antibiotics (B-lactams, sulfonamides, vancomycin,
erythromycin, rifampin)
-Acyclovir
-NSAIDS (can cause either direct toxicity or
allergy)
-Anticonvulsants (Phenytoin, valproate, carbamazepine)

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What is Treatment of AIN?

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  • Discontinuation of offending agent often leads to reversal of renal injury
  • Glucocorticoid therapy may accelerate renal recovery (6 week taper prednisone or IV methylprednisolone pulse 3 days)
  • Damage may be permanent if long duration of exposure and high degree of tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis
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What are Potential Nephrotoxins that cause ATN?

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-NSAIDs
–-Chemotherapeutic agents
–-Aminoglycosides
–-Amphotericin
–-Vancomycin
-–Radiocontrast dye
–-Poison (ethylene glycol, heavy metals)
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What is Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN)?

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acute tubular cell injury, usually reversible unless severe, prolonged

  1. Ischemia
  2. Sepsis
  3. Toxins
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Laboratory Data for Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN)?

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  • Pigmented granular casts (muddy-brown casts) on urinalysis
  • Cr/BUN elevation
  • FeNa >2%
  • Serum hyperkalemia
  • Serum hyperphosphatemia
  • Serum hyperuricemia
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What is Treatment for ATN?

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-Aggressive volume replacement– hydrate (If nephrotoxic agent, volume depletion)
-If Oliguria present and extracellular-volume normalized consider loop-diuretic high dose (100-200mg Lasix) to improve urine output
-Protein restriction
-If it’s due to nephrotoxic agent, remove
offending agent
-Dialysis

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What is Glomerular diseases?

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  • Infectious Disease associated Syndromes – Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
  • Nephrotic syndrome (Minimal change disease)
  • Diabetic nephropathy
  • Hypertensive nephropathy
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What is Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN)?

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-Immune complex containing strep Ag deposited in
affected glomeruli
-Antihypertensives, salt restriction, diuretics

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What’s the Epidemiology of PSGN?

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  • Most common cause of acute kidney injury in children globally
  • Primarily occurs in developing countries (97%)
  • In developed countries 0.3 per 100,000
  • Risk is highest in children 5-12yr & adults >60yrs
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What is the Urinalysis of PSGN?

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+/-Red blood cell casts

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How is PSGN Diagnosed?

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  • Hematuria, proteinuria, RBC casts
  • Positive throat, skin culture (only 25% due to timing)
  • Elevated titers of abs to strep products
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What is the treatment for IgA nephropathy?
- ACE-/ARB - Steroids - Renal transplant
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What are Classic clinical presentation of Henoch Schonlein Purpura?
- Rash (especially LE’s and buttocks) - Abdominal pain/vomiting - Arthralgias (knees, ankles) - Edema (hands, feet, scalp, ears) - Elevated Cr/BUN - Urine hematuria/proteinuria
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What is Nephrotic Syndrome?
- Heavy proteinuria (>3.5g/24hr) - Hypoalbuminemia (<3 g/dL) - Peripheral edema
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What is the Etiology of Nephrotic Syndrome?
Membranous Nephropathy - Minimal Change Disease - Amyloidosis (secondary) - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (secondary) - Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis - Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) - IgA Nephropathy
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What is Minimal Change Disease?
-70-90% of nephrotic syndrome in childhood but only 10-15% of nephrotic syndrome in adults. -Pathophysiology uncertain -Light microscopy is normal on renal bx or only mild mesangial cell proliferation -Characteristic histologic finding is diffuse effacement of the epithelial cell foot processes on electron microscopy -Abrupt onset edema & nephrotic syndrome -Average urine protein – 10gm/day -Hypoalbuminemia -HTN -More suceptible to infection with gram+ organisms
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What are the treatments for Minimal Change Disease?
- 30% of children have spontaneous remission but all children are treated with steroids - 90-95% of children develop complete remission after 8 weeks of steroid therapy - 80-85% of adults develop complete remission after 8 weeks of steroid therapy - Prednisone is first line therapy (up to 16 weeks of therapy) - ESRD is rare but may have relapses
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What is vascular AKI?
-Thrombus, embolus, dissection, vasculitis -TTP, HUS, DIC
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What is Postrenal renal failure?
- Prostatic obstruction (hypertrophy, stricture or malignancy) - Bladder CA, stone, clots - Ovarian/cervical/retroperitoneal malignancy
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What is Postrenal AKI Treatment?
- Bladder catheterization (Foley catheter, Suprapubic tube) | - Nephrostomy tube
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What is Polycystic Kidney Disease?
- Multisystem and progressive genetic d/o with cyst formation and enlargement of the kidney (and other organs ie. Pancreas, liver, spleen) - 50% require transplant/dialysis by 60yo - Screen family members as autosomal dominant - Intracranial aneurysm x2 as common as general population (10%) - ESRD
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What are signs and symptoms of Polycystic Kidney Disease?
``` -Pain (Abdomen, flank, back) –-Enlargement of cysts –-Hemorrhage into cyst or perinephric hematoma -Infectious (UTI, pyelonephritis, abscess, infected cyst) –-Nephrolithiasis (20-30%) ```
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Diagnosis of Polycystic Kidney Disease?
Urinalysis (Hematuria, 1/3 microalbuminuria)
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Treatment for Polycystic Kidney Disease?
- Blood pressure management (ACE-/ARB – slows progression of disease) - Pain control (Avoid NSAIDs, Surgical cyst decompression (can be done by IR), Nephrectomy) - Recurrent infections (50% develop UTI (mostly women), May develop infected cysts) - Hematuria (Hydrate and if substantial transfuse, Very suceptible to trauma (60% hemorrhage))

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