Robbins, Chapter 20, The Kidney Flashcards
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Azotemia definition.
Its extra-renal sources (2)
Biochemical abnormality indicating an elevation of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine levels.
- Prerenal Azotemia
- Postrenal Azotemia
Azotemia associated with increased or decreased GFR?
Decreased
What is prerenal azotemia? Is there parenchymal damage?
Prerenal azotemia occurs after what state of kidney perfusion?
Occurs after HYPOPERFUSION of kidneys in the ABSENCE of parenchymal damage.
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Examples of what causes prerenal azotemia.
Due to HEMORRHAGE, SHOCK, VOLUME DEPLETION, CHF.
When is postrenal azotemia seen?
When urine outflow is obstructed distal to calyces and renal pelvis.
What corrects postrenal azotemia?
Removal of obstruction.
What is it called when azotemia becomes associated with a constellation of clinical signs and symptoms and biochemical abnormalities?
Uremia
What are common secondary manifestations that characterize uremia (3)?
GI - uremic gastroenteritis
Peripheral nerves - peripheral neuropathy
Heart - uremic fibrinous pericarditis
Nephritic Syndrome due to?
How do these patients present? (i.e. sick or non-sick)
Associated with what clinical manifestations?
Most common cause?
-Caused by glomerular disease»_space; ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS.
-Present as sick with acute onset of HEMATURIA, azotemia, oliguria with azotemia, proteinuria, HTN, possible fever
also - with dysmorphic red cells and red casts, mild to moderate proteinuria
-Commonly caused by immunologically mediated glom injury
Nephrotic Syndrome due to?
How do patients present? (i.e. sick or non-sick)
Associated with what clinical?
-Caused by glom disease.
-Present not as sick as nephritic patients.
Characterized by heavy proteinuria of more than 3.5g/day
also - hypoalbuminemia, hyperlipidemia, lipiduria, edema
What is heavy proteinuria level?
More than 3.5g/day
Acute glomerular response to injury
HYPERCELLULARITY with proliferation of mesangial and/or endothelial cells, influx of leukocytes, formation of CRESCENTS
Chronic glomerular response to injury
Basement membrane thickening
Hyalinosis and sclerosis
Diffuse primary glomerulonephropathy
Focal primary glomerulonephropathy
Diffuse - Involve all of a kidney’s gloms, in their entirety.
Focal - Involves a subset of the gloms in the kidney
Global primary glomerulonephropathy
Segmental primary glomerulonephropathy
Global - Involves all of an individual glom.
Segmental - Only a portion of the affected gloms are involved.
Capillary loop or mesangial primary glomerulonephropathy
Affecting predominanty capillary or mesangial regions.
What mechanism underlies most primary glomerulopathy and secondary glomerular disorders?
Immune!
ESRD has GFR of what?
less than 5% of normal
What type of syndrome with clinical manifestations of:
Glomerular syndrome.
Acute nephritic, proteinuria, acute renal failure
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
Chronic Renal Failure:
What type of syndrome?
What clinical manifestations?
Time frame.
Glomerular syndrome.
Azotemia, progressing to uremia for months to years.
Isolated Urinary Abnormalities
Glomerular (micro) hematuria and/or subnephrotic proteinuria
Response of glom to injury (3).
Hypercellularity (severe = crescents), BM thickening, hyalinosis and sclerosis
A SUBEPITHELIAL HUMP is found in the glom - what is it indicative of?
Acute glomerulonephritis
An EPIMEMBRANOUS DEPOSIT is found in the glom - what is it indicative of?
Membranous nephropathy or Heymann glomerulonephritis